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January 5th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - 15-year-old was beaten and burned with cigarettes after being locked in a toilet for five months
- Police say teenager’s in-laws also pulled out her nails and hair and locked her up with barely enough food and water to survive
- Father-in-law denies allegations and says the girl has psychological problems
- Girl’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law also detained but police struggle to find her husband
By
Leon Watson
Last updated at 5:14 PM on 4th January 2012
Police in Afghanistan have arrested the father-in-law of a teenage girl who was tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet for five months after refusing to become a prostitute, it was reported today.
Sahar Gul, 15, was in critical condition when she was rescued from a house in northern Baghlan province last week, after her neighbours reported hearing her crying and moaning in pain.
According to police in Baghlan, her in-laws pulled out her nails and hair, and locked her in a dark basement bathroom for about five months, with barely enough food and water to survive.
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Cruel: Sahar Gul was brutally tortured by her husband’s family. The 15-year-old was burned with cigarettes and had chunks of her flesh cut out with pliers
Disgusting: According to police in Baghlan, Sahar Gul’s in-laws pulled out her nails and hair, and locked her in a dark basement bathroom for about five months, with barely enough food and water to survive
Her husband’s family also burned the teenager with cigarettes and cut out chunks of her flesh with pliers.
Local media reported today that Provincial Security Chief for northern Baghlan province General Syed Zamanuddin Hussaini revealed father-in-law Mohammad Aman was detained with the help of local residents in northern Pul-e-Khumri city.
General Hussaini added that Mohammad Aman was introduced to provincial attorney general and the Afghan security forces are struggling to find the husband of Miss Gul.
In the meantime, Aman has denied allegations of torturing Miss Gul and said that she was suffering from psychological disorders.
After hearing of the abuse, Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai said those responsible would be punished.
Despite being barely able to speak, Miss Gul managed to tell media about the terrifying ordeal.
Upsetting: Sahar Gul was kept in a terrible condition by her husband’s family, who tortured and beat her
Dreadful: Sahar Gul’s appalling physical condition shortly after she was rescued can be seen in this image
Distressing: This picture shows how frail the teenager was when taken into hospital following her rescue
‘For several months I was locked up in a toilet by my in-laws and
particularly my mother-in-law,’ she said. ‘I was denied food and water. I was tortured and beaten.’
Doctors say the youngster has suffered both mentally and physically and will need weeks of treatment in order to recover.
‘She
was married seven months ago, and was originally from Badakhshan
province. Her in-laws tried to force her into prostitution to earn
money,’ Rahima Zarifi, head of women’s affairs in Baghlan told Reuters.
Miss Gul is covered in scars and bruises, with one eye still swollen shut six days after her rescue.
She is being treated in a government hospital in Kabul, but she may have to be sent to India, doctors said.
‘This is one of the worst cases of violence against Afghan women. The perpetrators must be punished so others learn a lesson,’ health minister Suraya Dalil told journalists after visiting Miss Gul today with the women’s affairs minister.
Mohammad Zia, a senior police official in Baghlan, who helped to rescue the girl, said Miss Gul’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been detained, but her husband had escaped.
‘We have launched a serious hunt to get her husband and the others involved,’ Mr Zia said.
Action needed: Afghanistan’s acting minister of public health Suraya Dalil, left, and the caretaker minister for women’s affairs Dr Husn Banu Ghazanfar visit Sahar Gul in hospital
Recovery: Sahar Gul is being treated in a government hospital in Kabul, but doctors have said she may have to be sent to India
Despite progress in women’s rights and freedom since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago, women throughout the country are still at risk of abduction, rape, forced marriage and being traded as commodity.
However it can be hard for women to escape violent situations at home, because of huge social and sometimes legal pressure to stay in marriages.
Running away from an abusive husband or a forced marriage are considered ‘moral crimes,’ for which women are currently imprisoned in Afghanistan.
Some rape victims have also been imprisoned, because sex outside marriage, even when the woman is forced, is considered adultery, another ‘moral crime.’
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