MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Three people, including a woman, were sentenced from 14 to 18 years in jail for kidnapping and sexual crimes in northern Balk province.
The three were handed down the jail sentences during in open trial in Mazar-i-Sharif City, the provincial capital. The convicts included Zalmay, Ghulam Rasoul and Sunbal.
The prosecutor in the case, Karmal, told Pajhwok Afghan News the three had kidnapped Haji Mohammad Alam, a resident of the provincial capital, and demanded $20,0000 for his release.
Haji Mohammad Alam, who was also present in . . .
