- According to the Times of India, Salima Mazari, one of the few female governors of Afghanistan, has been detained by the Taliban.
- The report did not say where Mazari was or when she was captured by Taliban forces.
- As the governor of the Chagent region in northern Afghanistan, she recruited and trained militants against the Taliban.
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Salima Mazari, one of the few female governors of Afghanistan, has been detained by the Taliban Times of India Report, quote local reports.
Afghan TV reporter Nadia Momand also Tweet On Wednesday, it was reported that Mazari was captured by the Taliban and called for her release.
Know her name #SalimaMazari
When many Afghan political leaders fled, Salima stayed to fight. As one of the first female district governors in Afghanistan, she confronted the Taliban and persisted to the end. According to reports, she has been captured. Stress to release her! ! #FreeSalima pic.twitter.com/qXwLKjWxou— Nadia Momand (@NadiaMomand) August 17, 2021
40-year-old Mazari is the governor of the state Chagin District, A population of more than 30,000 people. According to reports, since 2019, she has been recruiting and training anti-Taliban militants to fight the insurgents. protector.
According to the Guardian, Mazari was born in Iran in 1980 when her family fled the Soviet war in Afghanistan and returned to the country decades later. She was appointed Governor of the Charkint District in 2018, which made her one of the first female governors in a male-dominated political arena. NPR.
She has always been a positive force against the Taliban. “Sometimes I’m in Charkint’s office, sometimes I have to pick up a gun and join the fight,” she told protector In an interview earlier this month.
By the first week of August, half of Mazari was already under Taliban rule, and she had recruited 600 locals to strengthen the area’s defenses. Agence France-Presse. Mazari told AFP that many locals are farmers and they sell livestock to buy weapons.
According to reports, her region is one of the last few regions before the country fell into the Taliban. Times of India.
Fear of women under Taliban rule
During the period of Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, women were Not allowed to work or go to school, Must be accompanied by a male guardian when going out.This week, the Taliban claim As long as they abide by Islamic law, they will give women more freedom.A widely accepted position skepticism.
Mazari told the Associated Press on Saturday that under the Taliban, there is “no place for women”.
“In the provinces controlled by the Taliban, there are no more women there, not even in the cities. They are all locked up at home,” she told Associated Press.
On Saturday, Afghanistan’s first female mayor, Zarifa Gafari, told the British media news She just Waiting for the Taliban to find her.
“I’m sitting here waiting for them to come,” she said. “No one can help me or my family. I just sit with them and my husband. They will come to find someone like me and kill me. I can’t leave my family. Anyway, where am I going? ?”
