Afghan man says in-laws killed his daughter in revenge

An Afghan man, Mohammad Azam, 45, and father of Zahra, 14, who died after she was set on fire in her husband's home, talks during an interview in a tent in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 18, 2016. He said his pregnant 14-year-old daughter was burned to death by her in-laws, the latest reported case of violence against women in the country. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (The Associated Press)

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Afghan officials check the body of pregnant Zahra, 14, who is died after she was set on fire in her husband's home, in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 18, 2016. The 45-year-old father, Mohammad Azam, said that he came to the capital Kabul to seek justice for his daughter Zarah. He told The Associated Press that she was tortured with knives and set on fire by her husband’s family last week. She died in a Kabul burns hospital on Saturday. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (The Associated Press)

KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan man says his pregnant 14-year-old daughter was burned to death by her in-laws, the latest reported case of violence against women in the country.

Afghanistan faces serious human rights issues, including physical and sexual violence against women and so-called honor killings that often involve immolation.

The 45-year-old father, Mohammad Azam, said Monday he came to Kabul to seek justice for his daughter Zarah. He says she was tortured and set on fire by her husband's family last week. She died on Saturday.

He says her killing, which happened in a remote area of central Ghor province, was in revenge after he had eloped with a cousin of his daughter's husband.

Zarah's in-laws had allegedly reneged on a marriage deal with him and promised the cousin to another man.