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| 'Taleban flogging of girl' filmed | 'Taleban flogging of girl' filmed |
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| A video showing suspected members of the Taleban flogging a teenage girl is being circulated in Pakistan. | A video showing suspected members of the Taleban flogging a teenage girl is being circulated in Pakistan. |
| The recording strengthens fears that the provincial government has capitulated to militants in the north-western Swat valley. | The recording strengthens fears that the provincial government has capitulated to militants in the north-western Swat valley. |
| It has agreed to implement Sharia law there as part of a peace deal. | It has agreed to implement Sharia law there as part of a peace deal. |
| The video shows men who appear to be from the Taleban holding down the girl and hitting her with a strap for about two minutes as she cries out in pain. | The video shows men who appear to be from the Taleban holding down the girl and hitting her with a strap for about two minutes as she cries out in pain. |
| Local sources said the girl had been accused of illicit relations with a man. | Local sources said the girl had been accused of illicit relations with a man. |
| Anger | Anger |
| The language in the video is of the Swati dialect of Pashto, says the BBC's Abdul Hai Kakar. | The language in the video is of the Swati dialect of Pashto, says the BBC's Abdul Hai Kakar. |
| The woman is heard crying throughout and at one point swears on her father that she will not do it again. | The woman is heard crying throughout and at one point swears on her father that she will not do it again. |
| Towards the end, when she stands up, an off-camera man believed to be directing the public beating, becomes angry. | Towards the end, when she stands up, an off-camera man believed to be directing the public beating, becomes angry. |
| Our correspondent says it is probably because the other men let the woman stand among them, something of which the Taleban do not approve. | Our correspondent says it is probably because the other men let the woman stand among them, something of which the Taleban do not approve. |
| The incident is said to have taken place two weeks ago, or possibly before. | The incident is said to have taken place two weeks ago, or possibly before. |
| This was a transitional period when the new Sharia courts approved by the provincial government were being introduced in Swat. | This was a transitional period when the new Sharia courts approved by the provincial government were being introduced in Swat. |
| The Sharia system was agreed to try to stop the Taleban from imposing their harsh brand of vigilante justice, the BBC's Islamabad correspondent Barbara Plett says. | The Sharia system was agreed to try to stop the Taleban from imposing their harsh brand of vigilante justice, the BBC's Islamabad correspondent Barbara Plett says. |
| Previously they had beheaded dissidents and killed women they had accused of un-Islamic behaviour. | Previously they had beheaded dissidents and killed women they had accused of un-Islamic behaviour. |
| That seems to have significantly decreased after the Taleban leader officially accepted the Islamic courts. | That seems to have significantly decreased after the Taleban leader officially accepted the Islamic courts. |
| However, it is not clear whether this new justice system will replace Taleban rule in practice. | However, it is not clear whether this new justice system will replace Taleban rule in practice. |
| The courts seem to be operating with some effect in Swat's main city of Mingora but not in outlying rural areas. | The courts seem to be operating with some effect in Swat's main city of Mingora but not in outlying rural areas. |
| There witnesses say the militants continue to exercise control, if not as brutally as before. | There witnesses say the militants continue to exercise control, if not as brutally as before. |
| Certainly the Taleban did not condemn the public flogging, Barbara Plett says. | Certainly the Taleban did not condemn the public flogging, Barbara Plett says. |
| A spokesman said, given the alleged crime, the girl had received a lenient sentence. | A spokesman said, given the alleged crime, the girl had received a lenient sentence. |