Brits Horrified by Taliban Execution

Britain has been transfixed by a video of a woman being executed in Afghanistan after being accused of adultery. The video shows the woman being shot in the back repeatedly surrounded by a crowd of men in Qol village. “Within one hour they decided that she was guilty and sentenced her to death,” said Parwan provincial spokeswoman Roshna Khalid. Britain’s government has condemned the attack, and Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was “shocked and disgusted.” He condemned the act and called upon Afghan rulers for “better protection of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.”