Woman Released After 25 Years of Imprisonment

In Kabul, Taliban police forces rescued a woman who had been held under house arrest by her own brothers.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesperson for the Taliban police in Afghanistan, wrote on the Afghanistan police page on X (formerly Twitter) that Kabul police received information and conducted a special operation in the Tenth District of Kabul. As a result of the operation, police forces freed the woman who had been arbitrarily detained at home by her relatives.

According to the police representative, the woman’s brothers have been detained on charges of unlawful imprisonment. The woman has been taken to a hospital for examination, and a psychologist is working with her.

According to the police, relatives were throwing food to the woman through a window.

It has not yet been established whether the woman was actually held in custody for 25 years, and it is also unclear who is the main perpetrator of this crime. Four of the woman’s brothers have been taken into custody, and an investigation has been initiated.