
Afghan envoy's daughter abducted, tortured in Islamabad: Afghanistan Foreign Ministry
India Today
The daughter of Najibullah Alikhil, Afghanistan's envoy to Pakistan, was kidnapped and tortured by unknown persons in Islamabad.
The daughter of Afghan envoy to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil was abducted on Friday and severely tortured by unknown individuals in Islamabad, according to Afghanistan’s ministry of foreign affairs. Silsila Alikhil, 26, was kidnapped while she was on her way home from Jinnah supermarket.
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