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Taliban torture carried out by both male and female jailers, say ex-detainees
Former Afghan detainees have described harrowing abuse inside Taliban prisons, saying both male and female jailers were equally brutal in carrying out torture, Afghanistan International reports on September 7. Julia Parsi, a women’s and human rights activist, said she was arrested outside her home in Kabul on September 27, 2023 by Taliban members using unmarked vehicles. Speaking during a discussion on the social media platform X, she said she was targeted “for seeking justice for Afghan women.” Parsi said she was blindfolded and beaten while being pressured to hand over her phone password. At the Taliban intelligence agency's prison, she said, seven female officers insulted and assaulted her before seizing control of her social media accounts. “The Taliban women were even more cruel than the men,” she said. Another former prisoner, who gave his name as Sohrab Shomal, said he was jailed for a year after being accused of belonging to the National Resistance Front (NRF). He said Taliban interrogators pulled out his toenails and tortured him with electric shocks, beatings, suffocation and sleep deprivation. He said, “They had no evidence of my membership,” he said. “Anyone who refused to confess was tortured more.”
Former Afghan detainees have described harrowing abuse inside Taliban prisons, saying both male and female jailers were equally brutal in carrying out torture, Afghanistan International reports on September 7. Julia Parsi, a women’s and human rights activist, said she was arrested outside her home in Kabul on September 27, 2023 by Taliban members using unmarked vehicles. Speaking during a discussion on the social media platform X, she said she was targeted “for seeking justice for Afghan women.” Parsi said she was blindfolded and beaten while being pressured to hand over her phone password. At the Taliban intelligence agency's prison, she said, seven female officers insulted and assaulted her before seizing control of her social media accounts. “The Taliban women were even more cruel than the men,” she said. Another former prisoner, who gave his name as Sohrab Shomal, said he was jailed for a year after being accused of belonging to the National Resistance Front (NRF). He said Taliban interrogators pulled out his toenails and tortured him with electric shocks, beatings, suffocation and sleep deprivation. He said, “They had no evidence of my membership,” he said. “Anyone who refused to confess was tortured more.”
