Police: Afghan girl, 15, locked in basement,
starved, tortured, Police in Afghanistan say they
have rescued a 15-year-old girl who was locked
up in the basement of her in-laws' house,
starved and had her nails pulled out. Authorities
in the northern Baghlan province said they were
aware of reports that the girl was tortured after
she refused to be forced into prostitution. But,
they said, they were waiting for her to fully
recover to talk to her and learn more.