Major Crimes and True Crime

Horrific footage of Woman stoned to death in Afghanistan over accusation of adultery The men surround the woman as she stands in a hole dug into the stony ground, only her head pokes above the surface. Then they begin to pick up rocks and hurl them at her again and again from close range. Her agonized cries grow louder as the barrage of stones intensifies. The barbaric killing took place in a Taliban-controlled village in central Afghanistan last week, according to the provincial governor. Video of it, apparently filmed on a cell phone, has circulated on social media. The 19-year-old woman, identified as Rokhshana, had been forced to marry against her will and recently fled with another man, said Seema Joyenda, the governor of Ghor province. The couple were caught after two days, and the Taliban leader of the village ordered that Rokhshana be stoned to death for adultery, Joyenda said. The killing underlines the widespread problem of violence against women i...

Woman forced to her knees and blasted in the head with an AK-47 as 'punishment' after she is accused of killing her husband in Afghanistan  The woman was dragged before a Taliban court in northern Afghanistan She was sentenced to death after being accused of murdering her husband Harrowing footage shows a Taliban executioner shooting her in the head WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT  This is the moment a woman was forced to her knees and blasted in the head with an AK-47 as 'punishment' after she was accused of killing her husband in Afghanistan. The woman, dressed in a blue burka, was dragged before a Taliban court in northern Afghanistan's Khanaqa district before being sentenced to death. Footage shows her on the ground surrounded by a crowd of shouting men - including members of her husband's family - who were calling for her to be executed. Sickening moment man brutally shoots bear DEAD with an AK-47 The harrowing video shows the crowd then ...