Afghan Woman Arrested After Accusing Taliban Official Of Rape. It Is Becoming No Country For Justice
If you know anything about the Taliban, then you should know that they have collectively decided to make Afghan women’s lives a living hell. Many reports have revealed that the women of Afghanistan are suffering under its rule and being brutally tortured if they try to fight against the restrictions. Now, an Afghani woman got arrested after she accused a Taliban official of raping her.
Recently, a video surfaced on social media wherein a woman from Afghanistan identified as Elaha, revealed that Saeed Khosti – the former Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman raped her. The woman identified herself as a medical student at Kabul University and mentioned that she is the daughter of an intelligence service general under the former government. She said that the senior official forced her into marriage and then repeatedly raped her for six months. In the video, Elaha mentioned that she was speaking from an apartment in Kabul where the Taliban had confined her after she failed to escape the country.
Elaha of Kabul says she was forcibly married by Taliban leader & was beaten badly.This is the reality of taliban they never respected the rights of women infact they use them as slaves & torture them. Afghanistan needs to freed from the atrocities of taliban leaders.@OIC_OCI pic.twitter.com/jeoNxLFCBX
— Voice for Peace and Justice (NGO) (@farooqganderbal) September 1, 2022
She said that these may be her last words as Saeed Koshti will kill her, but she thinks that it is better to die once than to die every time.
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The Taliban announced they have arrested Elaha and will soon sentence her. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court, which also comes under Taliban rule, said in a tweet that Elaha had been arrested for defamation on orders of chief justice Abdul Hakeem Haqqani. It also mentioned that she would be sentenced according to Sharia law soon. Furthermore, it mentioned that no one is allowed to harm the name of Mujahideen or defame the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the 20 years of holy jihad.
In a tweet, Khosti confirmed that he had married Elaha, but he denied that he mistreated her. He said that he has not done anything illegal. Furthermore, he said that he divorced her after finding she “has a problem in her faith” and accused her of insulting Islam’s holy book.
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Well, it is clear that under Taliban rule, Afghanistan is becoming no country for justice.
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