Editor's note: Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi American writer, activist and social entrepreneur who is founder of Washington-based Women for Women International, a humanitarian organization aimed at helping women survivors of war
(CNN) - The execution of Najiba, an Afghan woman in her 20's, shot 13 times in front of a cheering crowed in Parwan province - and seen widely online in a grainy cell phone video - is a show of confidence by the Taliban.
It's unclear why she was shot, but local officials offer various reasons for her execution.
She was reportedly executed last month for adultery, a crime that is indeed punishable in Islam. But for an adultery charge to be proved, Islam requires four eyewitness accounts that match precisely. << FULL ARTICLE >>