Kabul, December 28: Afghan police have rescued a teenage girl who was beaten and locked up in a toilet for more than five months after she defied her in-laws who tried to force her into prostitution.
Sahar Gul, 15, was found in the basement of her husband's house in northeastern Baghlan province late on Monday after her parents reported her disappearance to the police.
"She was beaten, her fingernails were removed and her arm was broken," district police chief Fazel Rahman told AFP overnight.
Three women including the teenager's mother in-law had been arrested in connection with the case but her husband had fled the area, he added.
The case highlights how women continue to suffer in Afghanistan despite the billions of dollars of international aid that has poured into the country during the decade-long war.
"The 15-year-old girl was brought to hospital with severe shock," said Pul-i-Khurmeri hospital chief Dr Gul Mohammad Wardak.
"She had injuries to her legs and face and the nails on her left hand had been removed."
Sahar Gul was married to her husband seven months ago in the neighbouring province of Badakhshan, but she was brought to Baghlan to live with her husband, said Rahima Zareefi, the provincial head of women affairs.
During this time her parents were unable to contact her, she said.
The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission logged 1026 cases of violence against women in the second quarter of 2011 compared with 2700 cases for the whole of 2010.
And according to figures in an Oxfam report in October, 87 per cent of Afghan women report having experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence or forced marriage.
Sahar Gul's case comes after a woman known as Gulnaz was pardoned and released earlier this month after spending two years in prison for "moral crimes".
She was jailed after she reported to police that her cousin's husband had raped her. Gulnaz gave birth to the rapist's child in prison.
Last month, the United Nations said that a landmark law aiming to protect women against violence in Afghanistan had been used to prosecute just over 100 cases since being enacted two years ago.
--Agencies
Biased media - stressing victim's religion
Is this NOT sufficient for readers to know how biased is media when they are reporting about muslims ????
Clearly shameful act perpetuated by her husband or whoever might of have done it, prosecute them for their crime.
However, notice the title of this piece of news "Muslim Girl locked in toilet for five months".
Although its shocking but such incidents happen everywhere in the world but they do not say "Christian girl / lady" raped ?????
Does such incident never happen in other communities, unfortunately every day hundreds of ladies around the world fall victims to such crimes but nobody emphasis their religions there, then why if its muslim girl ????
Mass media is been used by enemies of Islam to defame it and muslim around the world.
Every sensible reader knows how is bent down to malign the name of Islam at every given opportunity.
Things were Very much in Control during the time of Taliban
May Allah Bring the same rule again over the Whole Planet !
Ameen
May ALLAH give her peace....
May ALLAH give her peace....
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