Shot in the head, eyes gouged out: Former Afghan policewoman recounts Taliban attack on her

Khatera Hashmi, a former Afghan policewoman, was attacked by Taliban men last year. In an exclusive conversation with India Today TV, she recounted how the assault left her a "living corpse" and why she doesn't believe the Taliban's promises of more rights for women.

The Taliban have not changed. They’re the same as what they were 20 years ago,” said Khatera Hashmi, a former Afghan policewoman. Her face is a living testimony to the barbaric practices of the Taliban: while she was pregnant, Khatera Hashmi was abducted by the hardline insurgent group and tortured. She was shot multiple times and her eyes were gouged out. “For the Taliban, the greatest sin a woman can commit is to step outside her home to work. What happened with me is also happening to many other women right now. But they can’t come out and say it because they are afraid,” Khatera Hashmi said during an exclusive conversation with India Today TV.