Detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan: “They blindfolded me, tied my hands and before the interrogation, they threw cold water on me”

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Detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan: “They blindfolded me, tied my hands and before the interrogation, they threw cold water on me”

The trauma is so great that Roqia Saee is still unable to talk about certain things that happened when she was arrested by the Taliban, twice, in 2022 and 2023, after having participated in demonstrations to demand that young women in her country be able to continue studying. This 29-year-old woman, a widow and mother of two, fled Afghanistan and is now in Germany, where she has sought asylum. Physically she feels safe, but there are invisible w…