Sunday, 26 October 2014

Afghan cleric gets 20 years jail for rape

An Afghan mullah has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping an 11-year-old girl.

An Afghan mullah has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a girl, officials say.

The cleric had taught the 11-year-old girl at a local mosque in the northern city of Kunduz, police said.

"The rape took place in May in the mosque," said Waisuddin Talash, a police official in the province of the same name.

Talash said that the case was referred to a Kabul court, which issued its sentence on Saturday.

Rights activists had demanded a tougher sentence.

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