Taliban Prison Warden in Nangarhar Has Forcibly Married a Girl Prisoner

Sources stated on Monday (November 18) that the Taliban prison warden in Nangarhar, Mawlavi Mohammad Muqtada, forcibly married a young girl.

According to the sources, this young girl and another boy, who had fled from Pakistan, were captured and imprisoned by the Taliban in Nangarhar. The sources indicated that after releasing the boy, Mawlavi Mohammad Muqtada married the girl.

This Taliban official released the boy under the condition that he would not disclose the matter.

Another source added that Mawlavi Mohammad Muqtada has provided the girl with a separate house in Jalalabad city, where they are now living together.

So far, the Taliban in Nangarhar have not made any statements regarding this matter.

Meanwhile, the Taliban punish women accused of fleeing home in public. Previously, the Taliban also forcibly married a young girl in the Chah-Āb district of Takhar.