In Afghanistan, the Taliban have reportedly publicly murdered a 22-year old woman Najiba, who was gunned down in the streets while in her burqua. Media reported that the woman was surrounded by 100 Taliban men who cheered when the helpless woman was gunned down in the street.
This is yet another disgrace against women’s human rights and dignity, with this latest atrocity by the Taliban committed on June 23 village of Qimchaq (Qimchok), in Parwan province’s Shinwari district in Eastern Afghanistan, just an hour’s drive from the Afghanistan capital of Kabul.
In the video, the Taliban extremists can be heard chanting “Allahu Ahkbar,” (God is Great) during the shooting, as also reported by CNN. Their actions and words disgrace peaceful Muslims respecting human rights around the world.
The Los Angeles Times reported that a video of the Taliban murder showed “a woman in a white shawl kneeling in the dirt. Crouching in terror, she could not speak even a word in her own defense. She then crumples after apparently being shot dead at close range by a gunman before a crowd of more than 100 shouting men arrayed on a dusty terraced hillside.”
CNN reported that the defenseless woman was shot more than 9 times by the cowardly Taliban murderers. CNN also reported that the woman was murdered because of dispute over her between two rival Taliban gang leaders. CNN reported that after the Taliban murder, the killers concocted a story of crimes of “adultery” to rationalize their public murder. In the CNN report, the Parwan province governor Abdul Basir Salangi was quoted: “In order to save face,” they accused her of adultery, Salangi said. Then they “faked a court to decide about the fate of this woman and in one hour, they executed the woman..”
This is another in the many instances of the World War on Women. In this case, the oppressors of women are the Taliban extremists and their ideological acceptance of hate and violence to rationalize their actions. The Taliban have a long history of their organized and institutional War on Women. Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) urges all Afghan people, all Muslim believers, and all human beings around the world to renounce the cruel and violent ideology and activity of the Taliban.
The amateur video was loaded onto YouTube. It is, and photos of such abuse, are disturbing and revolting to all decent human beings. But for those who think the Taliban is simply a different cultural group, it is important for them to see the abuses that the Taliban perform:
R.E.A.L. has reported many times on the human rights abuses and criminal violence of the Taliban – especially its violence and oppression against women:
— Afghanistan: Pregnant Woman Whipped, Murdered by Taliban
— Afghan women live in fear
— Afghanistan: Taliban Stone Young Couple to Death
— Afghanistan: Aid Workers Murdered – Taliban Claims Responsibility
In addition, R.E.A.L. continues to caution the American government, its leaders, and other world leaders regarding the fallacy of negotiations with a Taliban organization that rejects and renounces our Universal Human Rights for all people, and that has continued a ceaseless campaign of deliberate and methodical violence and terrorism against fellow Afghani citizens, Muslims, and other fellow human beings. This is a women’s rights issue and a human rights issue.
R.E.A.L. will continue to protest any support or negotiations with Taliban war criminals who seek to regain power in Afghanistan and to further return Afghanistan to a nation of fear and oppression for women, children, and all of Afghanistan’s citizens.
We urge members of the Taliban to renounce their ways, renounce their ideology of hate and violence, and to accept Universal Human Rights and Dignity for all people.
We urge the Taliban to Choose Love, Not Hate.
