Relatives of the man involved in the incident told the BBC he had gone to the house of the girl in the village of Kala Kalay to do repairs as an electrician but was accused of the relationship by militants.That's some Religion of Peace.
They dragged him from the house and flogged him before punishing the girl, the relatives said. The Taleban made her brother hold her down during the flogging, they said.
After the incident, the Taleban forced the couple to marry and instructed the man not to divorce his wife. His relatives say he has been left mentally scarred.
The incident happened weeks before the new Sharia courts approved by the provincial government were being introduced in Swat.
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RELATED: Hamid Karzai "on board" with Sharia?
-- Strasbourg, FRANCE -- President Hamid Karzai's move to enact new laws that would undermine women's rights in Afghanistan burst into the annual meeting of the NATO military alliance today, with Canada and other war allies expressing increasing alarm at the notion.Sorry, Lawrence... we shouldn't simply be "troubled" by this.
At a news conference upon arrival here, Canada's foreign minister, Lawrence Cannon, said he has spoken two allies involved with Canada in the Afghanistan action, both of whom are troubled by the move. He also called on Mr. Karzai to immediately explain the legislation.
This one... like government involvement in the ongoing heroin trade... is a dealbreaker.
The Afghan government should agree to deal with this shit head on... or we walk.
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LAST WORD: Canada speaks up
“If I can be blunt here, I'm not sure that the Alliance is prepared to accept simply soothing reassurances,” said Mr. Harper.*
“This is a serious matter that is going to be addressed.”