14-Year-Old American Girl Killed in Pakistan in Suspected Honor Killing

Hira Anwar, 14, from Yonkers, New York, was killed in Pakistan by her father and uncle, according to police investigating a suspected honor killing. She had been withdrawn from middle school under the premise of a family vacation. The transnational case exposes a jurisdictional gap: U.S. authorities can theoretically prosecute citizens for overseas crimes against American children, but evidentiary and extradition challenges remain formidable when perpetrators remain abroad.