The November 1999 public execution of Zarmeena, an Afghan woman convicted of murdering her husband in cold blood with an axe while he was asleep. The execution was carried out by the Taliban inside the Ghazi stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan. It has been filmed with a hidden camera by members of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan and was aired by almost all major TV channels around the world. The photo is taken from the video film so higher resolution does not exist. This frame was taken at the exact moment the lethal shot was fired, as can be seen by the grey-brown plume to the right of the woman from the bullet striking the ground.

Tara Farrell tracked down and arranged for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan ‘RAWA’ to meet for the very first time as it is an Clandestine organizations, in order to smuggle out the exclusive images and video with her colleague Seamus Conlan of WpN. Shortly there after they that ran the story of the executions across the world to show the brutality of the Taliban.

Tara later curated this into an exhibition, UNDER THE VEIL, at the ICP – International Center of Photography in Mid town New York. U.S. and later travelled to the Helsinki City Art Museum in Finland.