Afghan Women Commit Suicide by Fire, Good Thing We Freed Them |
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Afghan Women Commit Suicide by Fire, Good Thing We Freed Them |
 Nov 18 2006, 05:08 PM
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November 18, 2006, 3:53 PM EST
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Blood dripped down the 16-year-old girl's face after another beating by her drug addict husband. Worn down by life's pain, she ran to the kitchen, doused herself with gas from a lamp and struck a match. Desperate to escape domestic violence, forced marriage and hardship, scores of women across Afghanistan each year are committing suicide by fire. While some gains have been made since the fall of the Taliban five years ago, life remains bleak for many Afghan women in the conservative and violence-plagued country, and suicide is a common escape. http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wi...world-headlines |
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