She suffered years of turmoil after a separation from her first husband, with further problems including infertility, her brothers’ criminal activities and a dispute over inheritance, according to the police.
The Taliban Interior Ministry declared on Thursday that a woman who had been imprisoned in a dark room in the Afghan capital for 25 years had been liberated.
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According to frightening photographs published by the ministry, the woman was confined in a room filled with garbage and trash.
She was given food through a window.
“She feels unsafe and afraid whenever she sees other people,” ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani said as he described her ordeal.
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The woman is being treated in a Kabul hospital after being subjected to mental and physical harm.
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“Malnourished, she has also become severely anaemic,” a doctor said.
Her bones were worn and her joints were damaged, according to medics.
She suffered years of turmoil after a separation from her first husband, with further problems including infertility, her brothers’ criminal activities and a dispute over inheritance, according to the police.
They arrested four of her family members including her brother and nephews.
Police say the case is being fully investigated.
NAN
