>> narrator: when quraishi met 11-year-old zarmina, she had just escaped from the drug traffickers who had taken her, a rare event. she told quraishi she was trying to forget the hardships of her captivity. >> (translated): they wouldn't allow me to change my clothes. they wouldn't give me soap to wash them. the clothes became worn out on my body. they did every possible cruelty to me. i really fear that those smugglers will take me again. >> narrator: it's not clear what happened to her. zarmina says some strangers helped her to escape. >> (translated): they had been beating me for no reason. then, some nomads came and i went with them. by asking and asking, people agreed to help me. and that way, i made it to my parents. now, i fear that they will kill me and kill my parents. >> narrator: it's taboo to talk about sexual abuse in a country where females are often presumed at fault, even when raped. safia sidiqqi, a former member of parliament, was reluctant to talk about the sexual use of the girls by the traffickers. >> narrator: but the local director of counter-narcotics claimed to