"Taliban Cuts Off Ink-Stained Fingers of Voters in Afghanistan
The Taliban had warned the population that the punishment would occur and to "remain far away from the polling stations."
The Taliban cut off the fingers of 11 Afghan men for the “crime†of voting in the presidential election runoff. The Taliban had warned the population that the punishment would occur and to "remain far away from the polling stations... Lest you should be hurt or killed."
The men, mostly elders, had exited the polls in the Herat Province with their finger staining in ink, indicating they had voted.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Interior Minister Ayoub Salangi said in a tweet that, “The insurgents who were defeated today cut off inked fingers of 11 voters in #Herat†and that the injured were transported to the hospital."
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