The Killing Fields of Hate

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Huffingtonpost : Taliban execute pregnant woman. Taliban insurgents flogged and publicly executed a pregnant Afghan widow for alleged adultery Saturday, according to reports.

The woman, Sanum Gul (also reported as Bibi Sanubar by DAWN), was killed in Badghis province in western Afghanistan Saturday morning, the provincial governor's spokesman said. After being held in captivity for three days and flogged 200 times, Gul -- whose age was given as both 35 and 47 in various reports -- was shot in the head three times, said Hashim Habibi, the district governor of Qades, also located in the province.

Though Habibi said Taliban commander Mohammaad Yousuf carried out the execution, a Taliban spokesman has since denied any involvement.

"We have not done anything like that in Badghis or any other province," the spokesman said, calling the report "propaganda" by foreigners and the Western-backed Afghan government.

Officials say Gul had been widowed for four years. She was accused of adultery for her relationship with an unnamed man, despite claims that the man had planned to marry her.

Various groups have since condemned the killing.

This is where
the muezzins
call does not reach
hate for humanity
is what they preach
what they learn
their children teach
peace and brotherhood
trampled mother
unborn child
beyond allahs reach
his kingdom
in heaven earth
they have breached
a void on a eunuch
conscience
silence and speech
the Taliban
a nightmare
created
by the Americans
during the cold war
a blood sucking
leech