Daughter of Afghanistan’s envoy kidnapped, tortured in Pakistan

The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil was briefly kidnapped and tortured earlier than she was launched, the Afghan international ministry mentioned on Saturday.
“The daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad Ms. Silsila Alikhil, was abducted for several hours and severely tortured by unknown individuals on her way home,” the Afghan international ministry mentioned in a press release. The incident occurred on July 16.

Statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Abduction of Daughter of Afghan Ambassador to IslamabadJuly 17, 2021—————————–https://t.co/g0Ob311mbE pic.twitter.com/Q8PHi3mP4o
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Afghanistan 🇦🇫 (@mfa_afghanistan) July 17, 2021
Alikhil is beneath therapy at a hospital in Islamabad, the assertion added.
Condemning the act, the Afghan ministry known as on the Pakistan authorities to take fast mandatory actions to make sure the safety of the Afghan embassy and consulates.
Concerned over the security and safety of diplomats, their households, and workers members of the Afghan political and consular missions in Pakistan, the ministry mentioned: “While the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is following the matter with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, we urge the Pakistani government to identify and prosecute the perpetrators at the soonest possible time.”
According to information company Reuters, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry mentioned in a press release that the Afghan embassy had knowledgeable it that Alikhil was assaulted whereas driving in a rented car. Police have been investigating the “disturbing incident” and safety had been tightened for the ambassador and his household, it mentioned.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have lengthy had frosty relations.
On Friday, with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan listening, Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani had lashed out at him and Pakistan’s navy for supporting the Taliban. Ghani’s accusation that “more than 10,000 jihadi fighters” have entered Afghanistan from Pakistan within the final month, and that Islamabad had did not persuade the Taliban to take part “seriously” within the peace talks, was rejected by Khan.
Khan mentioned it was “unfair” accountable Pakistan for the scenario in Afghanistan.
Thousands of Afghans have fled the nation in current days as Taliban forces have surged by way of northern Afghanistan following the United States’ resolution to withdraw all its troops from the war-torn nation by September,
With inputs from Reuters