( CNN ) -- Police in southern Afghanistan have arrested the father-in-law of a woman whose nose and ears were chopped off after she was accused of bringing shame to her family . Authorities in Oruzgan province said Haji Sulaiman , 45 , was the one who held Bibi Aisha at gunpoint and ordered five others -- including her husband -- to cut her . Juma Hemat , the Oruzgan police chief , said the arrest took place about two weeks ago and that Sulaiman confessed to the crime . Read a behind-the-scenes with Aisha then and now . `` The file of Sulaiman was completed by police and submitted to the attorney general 's office in Oruzgan province , '' he said . 'Bibi ' and 'Haji ' are both honorifics -- 'Bibi ' meaning 'lady , ' and 'Haji ' a term of respect for someone who has performed the pilgrimage to Mecca that is required of all able-bodied Muslims . Read more about Aisha 's story . `` When they cut off my nose and ears , I passed out , '' Aisha said , describing the attack to CNN in March . `` It felt like there was cold water in my nose . I opened my eyes , and I could n't even see because of all the blood . '' Aisha said her mutilation was an act of Taliban justice for the crime of shaming her husband 's family . At 16 , she was handed over to her husband 's father and 10 brothers , whom she claims were all members of the Taliban in Oruzgan . `` I spent two years with them and became a prisoner , '' she said . She eventually ran away but was caught by police in Kandahar . And although running away is not a crime , in places throughout Afghanistan , it is treated as such if one is a woman . Eventually her father-in-law found her and took her back to her abusive home . She was taken to a Taliban court for dishonoring her husband 's family . The court ruled that her nose and ears must be cut off , an act carried out by the six men in the mountains of Oruzgan , where they left her to die . But she survived . She was brought to the United States where she received reconstructive surgery and a new life . CNN 's Matiullah Mati contributed to this report .
The killer ordered five others to cut the woman 's ears and nose , police say . Aisha says the killing was an act of poetic justice . A court confirms the sentence as punishment for her running away . She receives reconstructive surgery .