Taliban ‘rape gangs having sex with dead bodies’ after going door-to-door for sex slaves, reveals woman who fled Afghan
TALIBAN gangs are having sex with dead bodies after going door-to-door for slaves, a terrified woman has claimed.
The former Afghan police force member - identified only as Muskan - said militants "don't care whether the person is dead or alive".
Muskan fled to India as the Taliban took control of the war-torn country fearing for her life.
She told news outlet that Taliban militants either picked up women from families or shot them - claiming they even rape corpses.
"When we were there, we received numerous warnings,"; Muskan told the outlet.
"If you go to work, you are under threat, your family is under threat. After one warning, they would stop giving any warning,
"They rape dead bodies too. They don't care whether the person is dead or alive. Can you imagine this?"
Women and girls are believed to be some of the most at-risk people under the new Taliban regime - despite their attempts to give off a more modern persona.
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They were brutalised and oppressed - with cruel tortures and public executions - when the militant group ruled Afghanistan in the 90s.
And it appears the Taliban are bringing back their vile ways amid reports they are forcing marriages and demanding lists of women and girls.
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Taliban warlords reportedly view unmarried - or widowed - women and girls aged 12 to 45 as "qhanimat", spoils of war to be divided amongst their fighters.
Now, Taliban gangs are targeting children as young as 12 as they hunt for sex slaves after conquering Afghanistan.
Chilling reports have emerged as the fighters stormed across the country and seized Kabul at a speed which has stunned the West.
Afghans pouring into Kabul as refugees fleeing the march of the militants told stories of how commanders demanded they turn over women and girls to become their "wives" and be raped.
They also told of how civilians and captured soldiers were murdered by the Taliban, reported the .
Taliban officials have denied the group is enforcing sexual slavery - and claims that such actions are against the rules of Islam.
However, such practices were rampant the last time that the Taliban ruled Afghnistan.
And last month it was revealed Taliban officials had published a decree ordered local leaders to turnover lists of young girls and widows under 45.
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