Afghan girl, 15, tortured by in-laws to go to India for treatment

AN AFGHAN girl severely tortured for months by her in-laws in an attempt to force her into prostitution will be sent to India for medical treatment.

Sahar Gul’s mother-in-law and sister-in-law were arrested and her husband was being sought, said Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi yesterday.

The case has shocked Afghanistan, though rights activists say serious abuses against women and girls in the conservative society are common. President Hamid Karzai has said that whoever used violence against Gul will be punished.