There, at least we will be able to live in security and safety,” a nervous Mohammad Ali said before his flight from Kabul. Hailing from the Tajik ethnicity and Sunni sect of Islam, they see her love and subsequent marriage to Mohammad Ali, an ethnic Hazara and a Shiite, a dishonor worthy of her killing. When Mohammad Ali was detained by the police in Kabul after his in-laws accused him of kidnapping Zakia, Women for Afghan Women sheltered Zakia in their safe houses and their lawyers helped win Mohammad Ali’s release. Zakia’s family would hunt them down.”Ms. Naderi said the group’s New York staff would try to help them adjust to life there. The couple plan to apply for asylum with the help of an international aid group.

Source: New York Times May 25, 2016 11:56 UTC