25 years, 4 months ago

Taliban hold first public execution of a woman

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy THOUSANDS OF people watched as a woman, cowering beneath a pale blue all-enveloping burqa, was shot and killed yesterday in the first public execution of a woman in Kabul since the Taliban religious army took control three years ago. The woman, identified only as Zareena, who had seven children, was found guilty of beating her husband to death with a steel hammer as he slept two years ago. Zareena was taken by two female police officers from the back of a truck in the sports stadium and escorted to the centre of the field, where she was ordered to sit.

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