Sources within the Taliban told Afghanistan International that the group has dismissed six officials involved in the abduction of a 17-year-old girl.

These sources, on condition of anonymity, said that the girl "has been returned home," and investigations into the perpetrators of her abduction are ongoing.

On March 28, sources from Ghor province informed Afghanistan International that local Taliban officials forcibly took a 17-year-old girl from her home in Pasaband district and compelled her into a forced marriage with one of their members.

At least four separate sources from Ghor province confirmed that local Taliban officials in Noorak village of Pasaband district forcefully abducted a girl.

Sources sent a video to Afghanistan International and claimed that Khairullah Khairkhwa, the Pasaband district governor; Abdul Hamid Khalid, the police commander; Mohammad Moshfiq, the deputy intelligence officer, and Tohidi, the Taliban’s intelligence officer in Pasaband district, raided the house of this girl.

In the video sent by witnesses, a group of armed individuals can be seen taking a girl with them.

Sources allege that local Taliban officials forcibly married this young girl to an individual named Shah Wali, who is a member of the Taliban.

Following this report, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, confirmed that local Taliban officials intervened in a dispute between two families in the Pasaband district.

Mujahid stated that the incident was a dispute between two families over a bride's dowry.