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IS militants stone man to death in Afghanistan

ANI  |  Kabul [Afghanistan] 

Militants affiliated with the outfit Islamic State (IS) have stoned a man to death in Afghanistan's eastern over an alleged illicit sexual relationship.

The loyalists of the group released a statement online, claiming that the man was executed after he was found guilty of adultery, reported

The group alleged that the man had illicit sexual relations with another woman despite being married.

According to the report, this is not the first case of the execution of the ordinary civilians in Afghanistan, carried out by the outfit.

About ten days ago, two men were beheaded on the alleged charges of having connections with the and spying for the government in the war-torn country's

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First Published: Thu, March 01 2018. 16:15 IST
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