Under orders from a Taliban commander acting as a judge, the woman's nose and ears were sliced off last year as punishment for fleeing her husband's home, according to Time's story in August and other accounts.
Just 18 years old at the time, Aisha said she fled to escape her in-laws' beatings and abuse.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said today that Aisha's father-in-law was arrested in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks. It was not immediately clear whether he had been formally charged.He was being held in jail in Uruzgan Province.
Published 08 December 2010, 07:51 IST