KABUL – The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and injured by unknown assailants.
The 20-year-old Silsila Alikhil was held for several hours after being seized on her way home in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday.
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said she was “severely tortured” and it was lodging a complaint.
According to Pakistani officials, Alikhil was assaulted by assailants who got into a car she was travelling in and beat her up.
After her release she was treated in hospital. Condemning the “inhuman attack,” the ambassador, Najib Alikhil, said his daughter “feels better now.”
The Afghan foreign ministry expressed its “deep concern,” and urged Pakistan to guarantee the safety of diplomats and their families.
The security of the ambassador has been tightened, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said. Pakistan’s Interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted the culprits caught rapidly.(BBC)
