A young girl who fights harassment and sells honey

Two weeks ago, a video clip went viral on social media, showed an outraged and eloquent young girl complaining about harassment at the hand of a policeman working at Police District 3. Massoma who has been selling honey on the street of Kart-e-Chahar, in the clip, says a policeman was harassing her and even threatened her life. The video pushed Afghan social media users to pressure the Ministry of Interior (MoI), urging for police accountability.  On Wednesday, June 10, the MoI announced that the policeman accused of harassing Massoma, nicknamed as the honey seller girl, was under custody.

In a hot sunny day, around 03:00 pm, she was busy talking to two customers while holding a sandwich in her hand with a tired look. Massoma was hungry as since the early morning she was on official business to sign a consent letter to release the policeman. Upon repeated request made by the family of the harasser, Massoma signed a consent letter to forgive the policeman.