The cell phone video, first obtained by the BBC and then independently obtained by ABC News, was filmed by one of the spectators at the stoning, which occurred in a conservative district near the Afghan-Tajik border. The video is shocking and nauseating, and most people who watch an unedited version of the footage need to look away. That's a dispassionate description of video of the first documented stoning in Afghanistan since the Taliban were in power, which took place in October. The same scene proceeds, but with larger rocks and more abandon. Then the man is brought into the crowd and blindfolded with his own tunic. There is a short period of absolute silence, and then the spectators turn to each other and start talking.ĬLICK HERE TO WATCH AN EDITED VERSION OF THE VIDEO Eventually one of the spectators shoots her with an AK-47. After the rock throwing ends, a few people debate whether she should be shot. They throw with relish and yell, "Allah akbar."Īt one point a large rock strikes her head and she falls down, her burqa red with blood. A few dozen spectators – people from the local community - start throwing rocks at the woman, who had already been placed in a 4-foot-deep hole. 26, 2011 - About 200 people listen to a Taliban mullah describe why a man and woman deserve to be killed. Tim Bentinck, Earl of Portland, actor, David Archer in The Archers, 69 Lady (Jill) Black of Derwent, DBE, justice of the Supreme Court (2017-21), 68 Sir Colin Blakemore, emeritus professor of neuroscience, University of Oxford, 78 Johnnie Boden, founder of the clothing company Boden, 61 Pat Boone, singer, Love Letters in the Sand (1957), and actor, 88 Brian Cox, actor, Succession (since 2018), 76 Ron Dennis, founder and chairman (1984-2017), McLaren Technology Group, 75 Marlon Devonish, Olympic gold medallist in 4 x 100m relay (2004), 46 Jason Donovan, actor, Neighbours (1986-89), and singer, 54 Dame Sarah Falk, High Court judge and judicial commissioner, 60 Lord (Norman) Foster of Thames Bank, OM, architect, chairman and founder, Foster and Partners, 30 St Mary Axe (the “Gherkin”) (2004), 87 Morgan Freeman, actor, The Shawshank Redemption (1994), 85 Tom Holland, actor, Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 26 Heidi Klum, model, 49 Prof Dame Parveen Kumar, gastroenterologist, president, Royal Medical Benevolent Fund (2013-20), 80 David Lan, playwright, artistic director, Young Vic (2000-18), 70 Héloïse Letissier, singer-songwriter known as Christine and the Queens, Girlfriend (2018), 34 Sir David McVicar, opera and theatre director, 56 Alanis Morissette, singer, Ironic (1996), 48 Paco Peña, flamenco guitarist, 80 Markus Persson, co-creator, Minecraft, 43 Robert Powell, actor, Jesus of Nazareth (1977), 78 Sir Jonathan Pryce, actor, The Two Popes (2019), 75 John Pullinger, chairman, Electoral Commission, 63 Tom Robinson, singer-songwriter, Glad to Be Gay (1978), 72 Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist, The Sunday Times (1967-2017), and illustrator, 86 Bob Seely, Tory MP for Isle of Wight, 56 Nigel Short, chess player, 57 Marc Tarpenning, co-founder of Tesla, 58 Kip Thorne, Nobel prize in physics (2017), 82 Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stones guitarist, 75 Baroness (Lola) Young of Hornsey, actress and arts consultant, 71.KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan.