MAIMANA (Pajhwok): An army soldier has been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment by the appellant court for raping a 7-year-old girl in northwestern Faryab province.
According to reports published on August 8, Mohammad Babir, 28, a soldier of the 209th Shaheen Military Corps, had sexually assaulted a minor girl when she was passing near the check-post.
The soldier was arrested on August 9 by security forces.
Qazi Ghulam Sakhi, head of the appellant court, told Pajhwok that the accused was sentenced to 20 years in jail and was also . . .
