The stoning of a girl

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Maryamsaidi

Afghanistan

Apr 10

Joined Mar 15, 2023

Rukhshane (pseudonym), an Afghan girl who was brutalized and stoned to death by the Taliban. And he was ten years old.

"As soon as this (Rukhshane) is arrested, two hours later they come to her father and say that if you give us 50 lakh Afghanis, we will return your daughter, otherwise we will kill her, Rukhshaneh's father says, I will take it. Where can I get this money? You are a scholar yourself, whatever you do is Shariah, I don't have money.

He continued: Finally, after he does not pay, they leave and this happens.

Rukhshane was the second child of the family and studied at Ghor province school for eight years.

Rakhshaneh as soon as 13 years old; Her father married her to a man who had neither arms nor legs, but she refused to marry this man and ran away from her area with the boy she had dreamed of marrying since childhood. But he was arrested again by his family and handed over to his father.

Rakhshaneh's father once again married her to an old man without her consent. But Rukhshan ran away again with Gul Mohammad who was from Pedri village and went to Margab village.

But one of the local Taliban commanders who had previously gifted Rukhshane to his brother several times. He arrested this girl on the way.

First, the Taliban demanded 50 lakh Afghanis from her laborer father in exchange for Rakhshaneh's release. But when the father said that he could not pay this money, one of the mullahs of this group ordered the stoning of Rakhshana and asked her father to come to the place where his daughter was killed and see Rakhshana's stoning.

They say that the Taliban have accused this girl of having an illicit relationship without a valid document or witness.

And Rakhshaneh was stoned to death by this barbaric group after 3 months of imprisonment by the Taliban.

And a part of Rakhshaneh's story from his mother's words .

My heart froze, I ran to the people. I pushed everyone aside and reached my glory. These religious scholars stoned him naked. They killed him before I arrived, they didn't even give me the right to visit. Rakhshaneh did not have a tent, half of his body was naked. His whole neck, hands and legs were bruised. Blood was coming from the corners of his lips and eyebrows.

My beautiful face was no longer beautiful, no part of her body was beautiful, they were all turned to blood. I said to myself; Mom would die for that messy hair of yours. To the blood that flows from your being. At that time, I remembered the words of Taleb, who said: If this girl does not become my wife, she will become the wife of the soil. I have so many people, but who does this unfortunate girl have? In fact, my daughter had no one. I didn't know what happened anymore, I passed out. The last thing I heard from Rakhshaneh's candidate was that they were being whipped a hundred times on the other side of the plain. He used to say: Say Rakhshan dear Rakhshan...

Hit the stone like me so that your religion is safe

Kill me the way you want to please your god

Until Afghanistan's ignorance is removed, we will never see the face of peace and tranquility.

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