A Woman Rescued in Uruzgan After Four Years of House Imprisonment and Torture by Her Husband

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The Taliban's Department for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Uruzgan province has reported the release of a woman who had been imprisoned in her home by her husband for four years.

According to the department’s statement, the woman was freed after enduring four years of house arrest and severe torture by her husband.

The Taliban stated that the woman's husband, named Sardar Mohammad and a resident of Dehrawud district in Uruzgan, had kept his wife imprisoned at home and subjected her to ongoing abuse and torture.

According to the Taliban, the man is also accused of killing their three children. The head of the Taliban’s Department for the Propagation of Virtue in Uruzgan said that two of the woman’s children died during her pregnancies as a result of the intense torture, and the third child lost their life due to neglect and lack of care.

Sources confirmed that Sardar Mohammad, aged 45, has been arrested by the Taliban and sentenced to seven years in prison by the group’s court.

This comes amid growing reports in recent years of increased violence against women across various provinces in Afghanistan. A significant portion of this violence occurs within families and has in many cases led to imprisonment, torture, and even the death of women and girls.