Young love Tali-banned in Afghanistan

From (US) ABCNews

A Taliban firing squad killed a young couple in southwestern Afghanistan for trying to elope, shooting them with AK-47s in front of a crowd

The woman, 19-year-old Gul Pecha, and the man, 21-year-old Abdul Aziz, were accused by the militants of immoral acts, and a council of conservative clerics decided that the two should be killed

Not your usual clerical error. The US forces would have their hands full in Afghanistan even if there were no fighting to be done.

How do you ever reason with conservative clerics of whatever stripe??

This is so sad.