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image captionThe Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Najib Alikhil, condemned the inhuman attack on his daughter
The daughter of Afghanistan s ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped and injured by unknown assailants, officials say.
Silsila Alikhil was held for several hours after being seized on her way home in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Friday.
Afghanistan s foreign ministry says she was severely tortured and it was lodging a complaint.
Relations between the two neighbours have long been strained.
Pakistani officials says Silsila Alikhil, who is in her 20s, was assaulted by assailants who got into a car she was travelling in and beat her up.
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