The married woman, a police officer in the northwestern province of Faryab, was detained after she was identified by colleagues

A married female police officer in Afghanistan has been arrested for adultery after she allegedly appearing in a viral sex tape with a self-proclaimed holy man.
The woman, a member of the police force in the northwestern province of Faryab, was detained after she was identified by colleagues.
The videos have been widely circulated on social media and she could face jail if convicted of the crimes. The moral section of Afghan law prohibits adultery.
The married woman, a police officer in the northwestern province of Faryab, was detained after she was identified by colleagues.
Mullah Rasool, a traditional healer, was advertised for his ability to help women experiencing fertility issues to conceive, but allegedly would then compromise and exploit the women.
Rasool, who wrote amulets for clients, is accused of sexually exploiting and raping several women who had gone to him for help.
Rasool is now on the run after Muslim leaders in the province ordered his death by stoning, with the provincial governor putting up his personal car as a reward for information leading to Rasool’s capture.

The rogue traditional fertility healer, mullah Rasool, is now on the run after Muslim leaders in the province ordered his death by stoning

Another female police officer has also been arrested for allegedly encouraging the woman to see Rasool for her fertility problems. The second woman is alleged to have helped Rasool film the sexual encounters and used the videos to blackmail women into have sex with ‘multiple men’, including a traffic police officer, who has also been detained.
The first female police officer suggested she may have been drugged after she claimed she was ‘not in a normal condition’ when she had sex with the mullah. She added she did not know she was being filmed.

The videos have been circulated widely in Afghanistan. The country has strict laws against adultery, and sex is still treated as a taboo subject 

Local officials said other females who also appeared in the videos, which have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook and YouTube, have not been found.
While they have not been identified, there are fears they could be targeted by their own families in so-called ‘honor killings’.
Women’s affairs department Sharifa Azimi said the women had been ‘tricked’ and told religious leaders to tell worshipers they are ‘innocent victims, not bad women’.
Traditional healers are revered in the countryside, where illiteracy levels remain high and conventional health services scarce.
The videos have been circulated widely in Afghanistan, where sex is still treated as a taboo subject and with women sometimes treated as second-class citizens..