Mother of Kerala woman who went to Afghanistan to join the Islamic State asks government to bring her back

K Bindu, a native of Thiruvananthapuram and the mother of Nimisha Fathima, has urged the Indian government to bring her daughter and four-year-old grandchild back from Afghanistan. This comes days after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and the Ashraf Ghani-led government collapsed.

Nimisha Fathima, along with three other women, had left Kerala allegedly to join the Islamic State (IS) militant group a few years ago. All four women were then imprisoned in Afghanistan in 2019.

It is now being speculated that the four women from Kerala are stranded in Kabul after a Taliban jailbreak freed them from prison. The jailbreak took place after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, on Sunday.

Nimisha Fathima’s mother K Bindu stated that she has received confirmation that her daughter and granddaughter are among those who were freed after the jailbreak.

K Bindu is now requesting the central government to intervene and expedite efforts to bring her daughter and granddaughter back to India as the “Taliban no longer wants them there”.

Nimisha Fathima left India and initially arrived in Iran when she allegedly joined ISIS. Later, she moved to Afghanistan.

Her husband was killed in US airstrikes on ISIS bases. As a result of the US-led attacks, 408 people, including women and children, had surrendered to the Afghan government in 2019.

After this, the Afghan government asked India to repatriate her and the three other women from Kerala. Her mother has been seeking the same but the central government has, as of now, not taken any decision on this.

Source: India Today