Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Tortured Afghan teen on attackers: 'The same should be done to them'

The Afghan teen was married off at 13. She said her husband, a member of the Afghan Army, raped her. Enraged because she didn't immediately get pregnant, her in-laws locked her in a basement for months, torturing her with hot pokers and ripping out her nails. Ultimately, she said, they wanted to force her into prostitution as punishment for failing her obligation as a woman.

MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/world/asia/afghan-girl-mistreatment/index.html?hpt=wo_c1