Zahra Haqparast: Taliban received $80,000 from the US in exchange for my release

Zahra Haqparast: Taliban received $80,000 from the US in exchange for my release

Zahra Haqparast, a women's rights activist, says the Taliban received $80,000 from the United States in exchange for her release from prison.

Right-wing extremist in conversation with Deutsche Welle

Published today, Thursday, September 25, he said that on the last day of his imprisonment, a Taliban official told him that the group had received $80,000 from the United States in exchange for his release.

He also said that the Taliban, before their release,

He has been forced to make a confession.

According to the right-winger, the Taliban had asked him to say in a video that he had protested with the support and financial assistance of Western countries and that after that he would live within the framework of Islamic law and if

If a problem arises, he will refer to the Taliban administration and will not make his protest public.

Haqparast added that the Taliban did not release the forced confession video; he believes that the reason for this is probably because the Taliban had previously arrested him.

They had denied it.

Zahra Haqparast was arrested in Kabul in February 2022 for protesting the Taliban's repressive policies and was released from prison after 10 days.