Afghan couple stoned to death by the Taliban

A 25-year-old man and 19-year-old woman who eloped together have been stoned to death in a shocking display of Taliban power.

The Afghan couple were brutally killed when their own families requested that the Taliban arrest the pair after the couple, who were engaged to other people, ran away together.

An Amnesty International spokesman said: ‘The stoning of this couple is a heinous crime. The Taliban and other insurgent groups are growing increasingly brutal in their abuses against Afghans.’

…The Taliban are now regularly exercising their powers, imposing their severe version of sharia law for social crimes.

Earlier this year, reports revealed that Islamic militants had whipped and then stoned to death a women accused of adultery.