விபச்சாரிகள் என்று பெயர் சூட்டி இரண்டு பெண்கள் தாலிபானால் கொலை

புருஷபுரம் என்று முன்பு அழைக்கப்பட்ட பெஷவரில் தாலிபான் என்ற இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் விபச்சாரிகள் என்று பெயர் சூட்டி இரண்டு பெண்களை கொன்றுள்ளனர்

Taliban execute two 'prostitutes' in Pakistan
20 Aug 2008, 1607 hrs IST,AFP

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PESHAWAR: Taliban militants shot dead two women in the troubled northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar after accusing them of being prostitutes, police said on Wednesday.

The hardliners crushed the face of one of the women, apparently using rifle butts and stones, and left a note warning that others engaged in "immoral" activities would meet the same fate, they said.

"We warned these whores but they did not stop their business," said the note left with the bodies of the women, one of whom was in her 20s and the other in her 40s, police said.

Police official Pir Dil Khan said the bodies were discovered on Wednesday in the Naguman suburb of Peshawar, a conservative city near the Afghan border that has seen a rising threat from Islamists.

"We have sent the bodies for autopsy. They were shot dead and the face of one woman was brutally mutilated," Khan said.

"The women appeared to be from middle class families and the relatives of one women have identified her."

The note was signed by the Jaish-i-Islami militant group, which is active in the lawless tribal district of Bajaur bordering Afghanistan and is part of Pakistan's umbrella organisation of Taliban outfits.

Pakistani security forces launched a major operation against militants in another tribal region adjoining Peshawar in June after saying that the rebels could take over the city.

Pakistani militants trying to emulate Afghanistan's 1996-2001 Taliban regime are trying to impose a harsh version of Islamic law in the region and have bombed music shops and hair salons in the past.