Taliban Kill A Woman After She Told Them She Was Too Poor To Cook For Them

Najia was at dwelling together with her three younger sons and daughter in a small village in northern Afghanistan when Taliban fighters knocked on their door.

Najia’s daughter Manizha, 25, knew they had been coming — her mom had instructed her they’d performed the identical factor the earlier three days, demanding that she prepare dinner meals for as much as 15 fighters.

“My mom instructed them, ‘I’m poor, how can I prepare dinner for you?'” mentioned Manizha. “(The Taliban) began beating her. My mom collapsed, they usually hit her with their weapons — AK47s.”

Manizha mentioned she yelled on the fighters to cease. They paused for a second earlier than throwing a grenade into the subsequent room and fleeing because the flames unfold, she mentioned. The mom of 4 died from the beating.

The lethal July 12 assault on Najia’s dwelling in Faryab province was a chilling preview of the risk now dealing with ladies throughout Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover of the capital Kabul. CNN is utilizing aliases for Najia and Manizha to guard their identification for security causes.