AdvertisementTaliban affirms that stoning will be punishment for adulterers — especially womenMay 08, 2024Ruchi KumarfacebookEmailThe Taliban has a history of supporting the use of stoning as a punishment for "moral crimes" — reiterated in a statement this year by their supreme leader. Above: In 2015, Afghan Solidarity members gather in Kabul to protest Taliban militants who stoned an Afghan woman to death in the Taliban-controlled area outside Firozkoh, the capital of central Ghor province. She was accused of adultery. (AFP via Getty Images)