Lilith
03-21-2004, 07:35 PM
(submitted by gekkogecko)
Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
KABUL (Reuters) - A frustrated Afghan soldier who
could not afford to get married has been released
without charge after being caught having sex with a
donkey, police said Tuesday.
The soldier, who was not identified, was detained for
several days last week after a young boy spotted him
with the animal in an abandoned house in the
southeastern town of Gardez.
"The man insisted he had no other choice but the
donkey because he could not afford to pay a dowry to
get married," a local police officer told Reuters.
The man had since been released without charge, he
said.
In many parts of Afghanistan (news - web sites) men
must pay at least $3,000 to the parents of their
prospective bride, making marriage difficult for many
in a country where the average annual income is only a
few hundred dollars.
Under the strict Islamic rule of the fundamentalist
Taliban regime overthrown in 2001, sex outside of
marriage or bestiality were punished by stoning to
death or flogging.
Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
KABUL (Reuters) - A frustrated Afghan soldier who
could not afford to get married has been released
without charge after being caught having sex with a
donkey, police said Tuesday.
The soldier, who was not identified, was detained for
several days last week after a young boy spotted him
with the animal in an abandoned house in the
southeastern town of Gardez.
"The man insisted he had no other choice but the
donkey because he could not afford to pay a dowry to
get married," a local police officer told Reuters.
The man had since been released without charge, he
said.
In many parts of Afghanistan (news - web sites) men
must pay at least $3,000 to the parents of their
prospective bride, making marriage difficult for many
in a country where the average annual income is only a
few hundred dollars.
Under the strict Islamic rule of the fundamentalist
Taliban regime overthrown in 2001, sex outside of
marriage or bestiality were punished by stoning to
death or flogging.