Pakistan police rescue French woman and children allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years

Pakistani police rescued a 54-year-old French woman, Sylvie Yasmina, and her five children from alleged captivity by her husband in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Yasmina reported being held for over 12 years and subjected to domestic abuse. Her husband has been arrested, and an investigation is underway. The rescue occurred after one of her sons escaped and alerted authorities. Yasmina, who showed signs of injury, stated she had not lived freely since moving to Pakistan in 2014 and her children were not enrolled in school. Authorities are coordinating with the French embassy for her repatriation, as she expressed a desire to return to France.

Pakistani police rescued a 54-year-old French woman, Sylvie Yasmina, and her five children from a mud-brick home in Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Yasmina reported being held captive by her husband for over a decade and subjected to domestic abuse. The rescue occurred earlier this week after one of her children escaped and alerted authorities. Her husband, Ahmad Khan, has been arrested, and an investigation is ongoing.

Pakistani police have rescued a French woman, Sylvie Yasmina, and her five children who were allegedly held captive by her husband for 12 years in a remote town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Yasmina claims they were subjected to daily physical and mental abuse and completely cut off from the outside world since moving to Pakistan from Australia in 2014. A son managed to escape and report the abuse, leading to a police raid where the family was found in a dilapidated room with visible injuries. The family has been moved to a women's shelter and plans to return to France. The husband, a Pakistani national, has been arrested.