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Taliban Chief Defends Islamic Criminal Justice System, Including Stoning Women for Adultery

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"Our mission is to enforce sharia and Allah's Hudud [law]," says Hibatullah Akhundzada. The reclusive leader lives in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and rarely leaves. He primarily addressed Western critics of the Taliban government through edicts.

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Taliban Chief Defends Islamic Criminal Justice System, Including Stoning Women for Adultery

Islamabad — The leader of Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban government has said it is determined to enforce the Islamic criminal justice system, including the public stoning of women for adultery. "Our mission is to enforce sharia and Allah's Hudud [law]," said Hibatullah Akhundzada in an audio clip Taliban officials said was from his latest speech. They did not say where the reclusive leader spoke, but Akhundzada lives in the southern Afghan…

2 months ago·United States

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