Warning that these may be her last Words, an Afghan woman accused a senior Taliban official of Forcing her into marriage and repeatedly raping her in video back on social media in the last days.
In the video, the woman, who She only introduced herself first Name Elaha, crying as she describes being beaten and raped former Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosti.
She said she was talking from an apartment in Kabul, where the Taliban held her after she tried escape country, begged for rescue.
“This might be last words. he will kill me, but it’s better die time from to die She said in The video that appeared on Tuesday.
God’s position since filming the video public Not certain. Late Wednesday, Twitter page of Kabul branch of The Supreme Court said that God has been formally arrested and will do so soon judge him for libel.
However, a new Twitter page for Establishment of the Supreme Court last month said in a post Thursday that the other was a fake, indicating his publication of The arrest. The contradiction cannot be resolved immediately. Officials from the Supreme Court and the Ministry of the Interior did not reply For orders for comment on Whether or not Elaha has been formally arrested.
Since the Taliban takeover of Country in August 2021, Afghanistan women Activists, as well as Amnesty International, have reported an increase in forced marriage of women Including cases in which Taliban officials have coerced women In marriage intimidating They or their families.
Khosti confirmed, in tweets on Wednesday, that he married a goddess, but denied mistreating her. He wrote: “I assure you that I have not done anything illegal.” In recent months, Khosti was transferred out of his spokesperson post And he is not clear what has new Situation.
In the video, Ilaha introduces herself as a doctor student at Kabul University and daughter of intelligence service general under former government.
She said in The video that Khosti forced her to marry six Months ago, when he still had a spokesperson post. Khosti tried to marry her sister to another Taliban officialbut she family successfully I ran away, she said.
“Saeed Khosti hit me so much,” she said, crying every night.
She said she tried escape To neighboring Pakistan, but the Taliban arrested her at the border crossing and brought her back to Kabul and confined to an apartment there. After they brought it backI heard a Taliban member tell Khosti that she lived under the rule former government for 20 years and should stoning death She said she was an infidel.
Khosti said he divorced her after finding that she was “injured.” problem in Her faith” and accused her of Insulting Islam’s holy book, the Qur’an.
Elaha’s video went viral on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp groups, sparking a wave of calls for help and denounce of Taliban from women activists.
Since the capture powerThe Taliban imposed increasing restrictions on women. They blocked a lot women from work, prevent teenage girls from school and required women in public to cover themselves completely except for they eyes. The world Refusal to recognize the Taliban’s rule, demanding respect for human rights and show disparity for other groups.
in the current situation on “It would not come as a surprise,” Human Rights Watch said in Ilha’s case on Thursday for Taliban official To feel free to enforce forced marriage, rape and assault” in light of multiple reports of such cases. He. She also He said the Taliban “systematically dismantled the structures.” combat hnf against women and girls, including shelters and legal aid programs Prosecution units and specialized courts in Law enforcement against hnf against women.
