Afghani mother has acid thrown on her face by man who killed her husband

Mother-of-four Akhtara, 29, had powerful acid thrown in her faceSays man who did it killed her husband, who she married age 10She has been unable to find work after attack and cannot feed her childrenComes as UN announces its Elimination of Violence Against Women dayThese pictures show the horrific injuries an Afghani woman suffered when a man allegedly threw a powerful acid in her face.Akhtara, 29, lives in a one-bedroom home with her four children in Kabul, Afghanistan.At the age of ten, she married a rich, elderly man, who was later killed by a jealous nephew, she claims.Terrible injuries: Akhtara, 29, says a man she refused to marry threw a powerful acid in her faceThe nephew, named Amanullah, killed her husband before asking her for her hand in marriage, she says.The man left the city for Pakistan, but returned three years later to the mother's home.When Akhtara opened the door Amanullah threw the acid in her face - leaving her with horrendous scars, it has been reported.

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