Foreign Minister grants humanitarian visa to a persecuted Afghan but leaves her unprotected on arrival in Spain

The 31-year-old Afghan woman Hamida Sultani fled Afghanistan to neighboring Pakistan a year ago, after the Taliban threatened to kill her for protesting against the deprivation of rights suffered by women and girls in that country. Last Sunday, the woman landed at Barajas airport with a humanitarian visa issued by the Spanish Embassy in Pakistan. However, contrary to what had been happening with other asylum seekers in Afghanistan — where a “gen…