8am: Reliable sources describe the situation of prisoners in Taliban prisons in Herat province as shocking. According to them, in this prison, in addition to the buying and selling of narcotics, some imprisoned children are also subjected to sexual abuse by Taliban members, while children over seven years old are held in this prison on charges of theft. Prisoners also express concern about bribery by Taliban judges and the forced sale of narcotics by members of this group inside the prison. According to them, in one case, a young man committed suicide after being released from Taliban prison, and in a letter he left behind, he wrote that he could not bear the suffering he endured in prison. Also, one of the Taliban officials in this group’s prison in Herat has confessed that from the proceeds of selling narcotics in this prison, he has married three times. Click here to read more (external link).