Muhtasibs Rescue 12 Women from Abuse and Domestic Violence in Four Provinces

Inspectors (Muhtasibs) from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Hearing of Complaints of IEA, have rescued 12 women in Uruzgan, Paktia, Zabul, and Paktika provinces who had been subjected to mistreatment and domestic violence by their husbands and other family members.

The women have also been enabled to exercise their Sharia-based rights.

Officials (Muhtasibs) in the aforementioned provinces stated that the women had been suffering from severe domestic violence for a long time due to the mistreatment of their husbands.

Through the efforts of the inspectors (Muhtasibs), the women have been reunited with their husbands and granted their Sharia-based rights.

Following reconciliation meetings with the family members of the women, the inspectors obtained commitments from them to refrain from such abusive behavior in the future.