The US Department of State has stated in its annual report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan that 16 women out of 90 female prisoners in Samangan, Jowzjan, and Faryab in northern Afghanistan have become pregnant after being sexually assaulted by the Taliban, with at least 4 women reportedly executed by the Taliban in Samangan province after repeated assaults.
On Tuesday, April 23, the US Department of State released its annual report on the human rights situation in 2023 in several countries, including Afghanistan.
The department stated that Taliban guards in the provinces of Samangan, Faryab, and Jowzjan sexually assaulted women prisoners in mid-May 2023.
According to this report, women prisoners in northern Afghanistan were forced to have abortions due to sexual assault by members of this group, and then the group ordered that the pregnancies of women prisoners in their third and fifth months be terminated.
According to the findings of this report, last year the Taliban transferred 48 women to hospitals in Jowzjan, Faryab, and Samangan who had suffered severe bleeding due to sexual assault and had critical conditions.
The department also reported on forced child marriages, lack of adequate access to healthcare, honour killings, and discrimination against women in Afghanistan in 2023.
Meanwhile, hundreds of women are imprisoned in Taliban prisons in Kabul City and various provinces of the country, and their fate remains unknown.
- نویسنده : Afghanistan Women News Agency
- منبع خبر : Afghanistan Women News Agency
