Taliban Tales of Terror

And our President thinks we should be in dialogue with people like this?

Afghanistan Taliban members have publicly murdered a young couple who were planning to get married.

The man, 21, and woman, 19, were shot dead on Monday in front of a mosque in the south-western province of Nimroz, because they were supposedly having an illicit affair.

The young couple had eloped because their families would not approve a marriage. 

Local officials have said the killings followed a decree by local religious leaders, linked to the Taliban.

Before killing the couple, three Taliban mullahs passed a fatwa, saying that they should be shot and killed in front of a mosque. 

Journalist Sentenced to Death by Taliban Sympathizers

An Afghan journalist has been sentenced to death by a provincial court for distributing "blasphemous" material.

Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, 23, was arrested in 2007 after downloading material from the internet relating to the role of women in Islamic societies.

A primary court in Balkh province said that Kambakhsh had confessed to blasphemy and had to be punished.

The court also threatened to arrest any reporters who protested against Kambakhsh's sentence.
Kambakhsh, a student at Balkh University and a journalist for Jahan-e Naw (New World), was arrested in October 2007 after material he downloaded was deemed to be offensive to Islam.

Shamsur Rahman, the head of the court, told Reuters news agency: "According to... the Islamic law, Sayed Perwiz is sentenced to death at the first court.

"However, he will go through three more courts to declare his last punishment," he said.

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