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4 Women Slain in Northern Afghanistan


Sat 06 Nov 2021 | 02:33 PM
Omnia Ahmed

Four women were killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government confirmed on Saturday.

"Interior Ministry Spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said two suspects have been arrested after the four bodies were found at a house in the city," interior ministry spokesman Qari Sayed Khosti said.

“The arrested people have admitted in initial interrogation that the women were invited to the house by them. Further investigations are under way and the case has been referred to court,” Khosti noted.

Although he did not identify any of the victims, sources in Mazar-i-Sharif told AFP that one of the dead was a women’s rights activist and university lecturer, Frozan Safi.

Three sources revealed that they had heard the women received a call that they thought was an invitation to join an evacuation flight and were picked up by a car, only to be found dead later.

“I knew one of those women, Frozan Safi,” a female employee of an international organization told AFP. “She was also a women’s activist, really well known in the city.”

Moreover, the source added that three weeks ago she received a call from someone pretending to offer assistance in her efforts to get to safety abroad.

“He knew all information about me, asked me to send my documents, wanted me to fill a questionnaire, pretending to be an official of my office in charge of giving info to the US for my evacuation,” she said.

After becoming suspicious she blocked the caller, and is now living in fear. She was shocked when she heard about the killings.

“I was already scared,” she said. “My mental health is not good nowadays. I am always afraid that someone might come to my door, take me somewhere and shoot me.”