{"id":37217,"date":"2025-10-31T12:11:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T08:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/?p=37217"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:26:20","slug":"go-with-latif-or-go-to-prison-the-afghan-woman-jailed-for-refusing-to-marry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/go-with-latif-or-go-to-prison-the-afghan-woman-jailed-for-refusing-to-marry\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Go with Latif, or go to prison\u2019: the Afghan woman jailed for refusing to marry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>By Zuhal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soraya has tears in her eyes as she recalls the day nearly two years ago when armed men came for her daughter Karishma, who\u2019s now 21. The young woman\u2019s crime: refusing to marry a member of Afghanistan\u2019s ruling Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within hours Karishma, who was widowed three years ago, had appeared in court on unspecified charges and been sent to Kabul\u2019s notorious Pul-e-Charkhi jail, Afghanistan\u2019s largest high-security prison. She has been there ever since, separated from her two small children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the family went to the police station, Soraya says, her daughter\u2019s suitor was there. He claimed the pair were already married and accused Soraya of making Karishma run away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was around noon when we reached the court. I thought it was just a routine visit. But the judge said, \u2018Your daughter has only two choices: go with Latif as his wife, or go to prison.\u2019 I collapsed. They handcuffed her in front of me and took her away,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI cried and begged, but the Talibs laughed and mocked me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karishma\u2019s family say she lost her husband three years ago in a road traffic accident when she was pregnant with their second child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year later, a Taliban soldier man named Abdul Latif who was stationed at Kabul airport began trying to coerce her into marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Latif asked several times over and Soraya says she and her son even visited his home in Helmand, where they discovered he already had a wife and two children. \u201cAfter that, we refused,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw their home, and it was frightening, not a place for my daughter. Above all, he had a wife and children.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the months after Soraya refused to hand over her daughter, nothing happened. But after six months, she says, Latif filed a case in which he alleged that Karishma was already his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rukhshana Media has not been able to contact Latif for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documents obtained by Rukhshana Media show that Soraya appealed to several Taliban departments, including Kabul\u2019s courts and the provincial council of religious scholars, warning that Latif was trying to coerce her daughter into marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The courts repeatedly ruled in Latif\u2019s favour, said Soraya, who believes that is because of his position and influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Documents obtained by Rukhshana Media show that Soraya appealed to several Taliban departments, including Kabul\u2019s courts and the provincial council of religious scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/53.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37220\" style=\"width:985px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/53.jpg 938w, https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/53-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/53-768x436.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Petition by the Karishma family to two institutions \u2014 the Council of Scholars of Kabul Province and the Taliban\u2019s Provincial Court in Kabul \/ image: Submitted to Rukhshana Media<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A month after Karishma was imprisoned, she was summoned again to the civil court, where Latif brought two witnesses who testified that he and Karishma were married. Soraya insists these men were his relatives and Taliban affiliates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the judge found in his favour, a court document seen by Rukhshana Media showed, ruling that Karishma was Latif\u2019s wife and must \u201cobey her husband in marital matters\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karishma\u2019s family says the witnesses lied to the court. She swore a religious oath denying any marriage had taken place, but this was ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They still don\u2019t know why she is in prison. No criminal charge appears in any of the documents reviewed by Rukhshana Media and Soraya is sure her daughter has been held just for exercising her right to choose a husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, told the Human Rights Council that the Taliban use Sharia as a tool to consolidate power and suppress citizens, especially women.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2025\/08\/afghanistan-four-years-of-injustice-and-impunity\/\"> Amnesty International likewise reported that under Taliban court<\/a>s, \u201ca woman\u2019s voice is not heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karishma\u2019s 15-year-old sister Dunya said Karishma\u2019s health has deteriorated since she was incarcerated: she suffers from kidney pain, and has said that the other inmates beat her. Last time Dunya saw her, she had bruises all over her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dunya still remembers the night her mother came home alone the night she was jailed, pale and trembling with fear. \u201cThat night, our house was a place of mourning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the Taliban claim to oppose forced marriage, multiple reports show that their members have coerced women and girls into marriage. <a href=\"https:\/\/rukhshana.com\/en\/ghor-woman-sets-herself-on-fire-in-bid-to-escape-alleged-forced-marriage\/\">One young woman recently set herself on fire to escape such a union<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery hearing ends in favour of that man because we\u2019re poor and he\u2019s part of the Taliban\u2019s Emirate. He has armed escorts even inside the courtroom,\u201d Dunya adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since Karishma\u2019s imprisonment, the family has struggled. Soraya now has heart problems, and her husband had a stroke, likely brought on by the stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family has appealed the verdicts, and a new hearing is expected soon. But Soraya fears the outcome:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInmates imprisoned for adultery have been released, but my daughter remains. The Emirate says forced marriage is a crime \u2014 then why is Karishma jailed while Latif walks free? She always tells me, \u2018If they give me to him, I will kill myself\u2019,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soraya has tears in her eyes as she recalls the day nearly two years ago when armed men came for her daughter Karishma, who\u2019s now 21. 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