kabul an afghan cleric has been jailed for 20 years for raping an 11 year old girl, her lawyer and activists said yesterday, after child confronted her attacker in court despite fierce family opposition. activists said the girl appeared in court after being taken to a women's shelter for safety from some members of her own family, who had threatened to kill her for bringing "dishonour" on them. the sentence, passed by a court in kabul on saturday, came just weeks after five men were hanged for the gang-rape of four adult women. she was admitted to hospital for bleeding where doctors discovered the rape. AFP