Torture, murder, and rape; The fate of Balkhi protesting girls in Taliban prisons
On September 7 and 8, 2021, the Taliban attacked a women's protest march in Mazar-e-Sharif, taking more than 70 protesters, including 40 protesting girls. The bodies of eight detainees were found on the streets of the city one week later. The rest of the detained girls and boys were released by their families’ pressure after approximately 45 days, but the fate of the nine girls remains unknown. Five of the detained girls were killed by their families after being released from Taliban custody. The detention of girls in Mazar-e-Sharif and the fate of protesting girls who were held in the Taliban detention center were never reported in the media due to their families' intense fear of the Taliban and the sensitivity of the issue in traditional Afghan society. However, four months after the detention of the protesters, some of them are willing to talk about what happened to the detained protesters with one condition; their identity should not be disclosed. A woman's rights