In a harsh reaction to Zarmina Paryani's statements, a pro-Taliban cleric from Panjshir called for completely stripping protesting women in the streets of Kabul.
Zarmina Paryani, an Afghan woman who protested against the Taliban, was imprisoned and tortured in Kabul. She managed to escape Afghanistan with several of her sisters and sought asylum in Germany. In a Facebook post, she revealed that the Taliban had forcibly stripped her naked in prison and took photos of her. Zarmina and her three sisters were arrested in Kabul in early 2022 and, after enduring over three weeks of imprisonment and torture, were released. Her revelations had a widespread coverage on social media and sparked collective outrage against the Taliban. Her disclosure coincided with a report by "The Guardian" that exposed the gang-rape of female prisoners by the Taliban.
Following this, a video surfaced on social media featuring Mulavi Yahya Anaba, a pro-Taliban cleric in Panjshir, accusing Zarmina Paryani of blasphemy. He stated that the Taliban should have stripped her completely naked not in the interrogation rooms but on the streets of Kabul. He claimed that the Taliban should have torn off her clothes and made her completely naked at a Kabul intersection as a lesson to other women who seek freedom.
In the video, he says that women who want freedom should be stripped naked, equating the desire for freedom with prostitution.