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A pregnant Afghan woman lost her child after she was brutally beaten by the Taliban militants, her crime being the wife of a translator who worked with the British forces.
The woman, identified by the single name Sabir, was brutally beaten by a commander of the Taliban in front of her children while inquiring regarding whereabouts of her husband.
Sabir was also reportedly warned that her two other children would also die if her husband was not surrendered.
Her husband known as Chris worked as translator for the British forces in southern Afghanistan for a period of at least three years.
In a rare interview with the Mail Online, Sabir said the Taliban militants tortured her after capturing her along with her children and brother while they were travelling to a safe place in southeastern Paktia province.
“It was around 3pm and we were stopped by a makeshift checkpoint of two pick-ups with heavily armed Taliban,” Sabir said.
Sabir further added that the Taliban commander showed a picture of her husband and asked where he was, they seemed to know they were coming.
Her husband who was injured in an attack earlier was travelling in a separate vehicle while moving to a safe place and was almost 10 minutes behind them.
According to Saber, the Taliban militants begun to torture her after she interferred to stop the militants flogging her brother
“The commander ordered his men to flog my brother. I could not tolerate seeing him being punished in front of me and lay over him on the ground. The commander grabbed me on the body and punched me in the stomach and face with knuckledusters worn on his hand,” she said.
Sabir was taken to hospital in Khost with severe stomach pain from the beating. Doctors told her she would lose her baby. It was heartbreaking, she said. She and her children suffered nightmares from what Sabir called ‘the worst ordeal of my life’. Chris reported the attack to British officials who told him they would investigate.
Her chilling account comes after one of the most senior translators revealed that when his brother refused to turn him in to the Taliban, his nine-year-old nephew was kidnapped and murdered.
This comes as the British Prime Minister was urged last week to immediately give asylum to 200 Afghan interpreters who are serious threat of Taliban for putting themselves at risk for Britain.