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Four years after a militiaman poured acid over Mumtaz for rejecting his marriage proposal, leaving her disfigured, scarred and traumatised, death threats have forced the 20-year-old Afghan into hiding.Her story is just one footnote in the wider picture of the issues that are tearing at the seems of her country -- a silent tsunami of violence against women, anti-Taliban militias bringing further turmoil to an already conflict-torn country an stanley cup d a seemingly dysfunctional state unable to offer Afghans even a modicum of secu stanley cup rity.Swaddled in a cobalt blue scarf partly covering her jagged facial scars, Mumtaz vividly recalls the horrors of that nig stanley cup ht when the jilted lover stormed into her house with six other assailants, holding up the corrosive liquid. He grabbed me by my hair and hurled the acid at my face with such vengeance, as if to say now let s see who will marry you , Mumtaz, who goes by one name, told AFP in a safe house in the volatile northern province of Kunduz.She remembers screaming and writhing as the acid, some of which splattered on her sisters and mother, burned through her flesh.Mumtaz has undergone multiple surgeries and painful skin grafts since the attack in 2011 -- and is now forced to live in hiding due to threats purportedly from the assailants, some of whom are still at large.Her plight is worsened by an escalating conflict in Kunduz, where the Taliban a large-scale offensive, creeping ever closer to the provincial capital and trapping civilians between in Ajsk Uri attack: Sartaj Aziz says India s allegations against Pak baseless
Pakistan said on Wednesday that there was credible information suggesting that Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of wounds inflicted in a US drone aircraft attack in January. HT Image air max I have credible information that he s dead but I don t have any confirmation, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters. However, two Taliban officials, including a senior commander, called Reuters earlier in the day to deny that their leader had died. The rumours about the fate of Hakimullah began on Tuesday after a Taliban official, requesting anonymity, told journalists that he had died of wounds. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Election salomon Live, politics,crime, and national affairs. News / World News / Pakistan says credible information that Mehsud dead .freemium-card h4{color: fff; padding-bottom:20px;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{padding-bottom:16px; color: fff;} .freemium-card .freemium-content{width: auto; max-width: inherit;} .freemium-card .freemium-content .subcTxt{max-width:inherit; font-size:18px; padding-top:0; line-height:24px} .fre stanley cup emium-card .btnSubc{margin} .freemium-card .btnSubc a{background: 000; color: fff; min-width:auto; padding:5px 15px; border-radius:6px; font-size:16px; line-height:22px; font-weight:700;} .freemium-card{height:285px} @media max-width: 767px { .freemium-card
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