A Girl Named Jasmine, the Afghan Face of Sharia Law

A young girl no older than 13, stoned to death. A vet recalls the nightmare of capital punishment under Sharia law.
A Girl Named Jasmine, the Afghan Face of Sharia Law
An Afghan girl sells a typical Afghan flat bread in the streets of Mazar-i-Sharif on July 1, 2014. Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images
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I’d heard a lot about stoning prior to going into the fray. I thought this would be like any other day. We sat and watched, watched and sat over the village they called home, an SR (special reconnaissance mission) unlike any before. Finding love in the hardest city while still being so mean. Reaching for a god when man’s heart rules by law.

Clay D. is a father and a veteran of 5 war zones, with 9 combat deployments, 3 brothers killed in action, and 1 divorce. Most of his adult life has been spent in the Middle East and South East Asia.
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