Suicide vest girl, 10, says her abusive father and brother forced her to try and blow up a police checkpoint in Afghanistan Spozhmai, 10, says her father and brother forced her to wear suicide vest She was found last week at a police checkpoint in Helmand, Afghanistan Claims her relatives beat her and forbid her to learn reading and writing Says her father has demanded for her to come home but she has refused The girl is thought to be the sister of a Taliban commander By Jill Reilly and Chris Pleasance Spozhmai, the 10-year-old Afghan girl sent to blow up a police checkpoint last week, has said her father and brother forced her into it A ten-year-old girl sent to blow up a police checkpoint in Afghanistan wearing a suicide vest has said how her father and brother forced her to do it. The girl, named as Spozhmai, has said her relatives beat her before telling her to put on the vest. She says she was treated like a slave at home, and forbidden from learning how to read and write. Spozmai, who is thought to be the sister of a prominent Taliban commander, says her father has ordered her to return home but that she has refused. Speaking to the BBC, she added: 'I said: "No, I will kill myself rather than go with you."' The same thing will happen again. They have told me before: "If you don't do it this time, we will make you do it again." I did all the things at home, I cooked, I cleaned the whole house, and they would treat me badly as if I was a slave. The case first came to light last week when the Afghan Interior Ministry said police had apprehended the young girl who had intended to carry out a suicide attack against Afghan border police in southern Helmand province. She was said to be in a state of shock and confusion at the time. The girl claims she was treated as a slave at home, was beaten and forced to do household chores She claims her father has demanded she return home and says he will force her to put the vest back on Allegations: The Taliban have refused to accept responsibility and claim they have no children in their ranks