Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Afghan women seek death by fire - BBC News
Increasing numbers of Afghan women are committing suicide by setting fire to themselves to escape difficult lives ...
They say women forced into marriage or suffering chronic abuse are killing themselves out of desperation.
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One Afghan survivor, a 16-year-old girl, told the summit she had endured beatings from her drug-addicted husband, a man 25 years her senior and whom she was forced to marry.
"When he did not have access to heroin and narcotics, he tortured me. After midnight he would hit me," she said.
"That night he hit me and hit my head. Blood was coming from my nose. I asked him why he was doing it and he hit me even more."
Following the attack, she doused herself with benzene and lit a flame. Since then she has divorced her husband and undergone a series of operations. ...
Increasing numbers of Afghan women are committing suicide by setting fire to themselves to escape difficult lives ...
They say women forced into marriage or suffering chronic abuse are killing themselves out of desperation.
...
One Afghan survivor, a 16-year-old girl, told the summit she had endured beatings from her drug-addicted husband, a man 25 years her senior and whom she was forced to marry.
"When he did not have access to heroin and narcotics, he tortured me. After midnight he would hit me," she said.
"That night he hit me and hit my head. Blood was coming from my nose. I asked him why he was doing it and he hit me even more."
Following the attack, she doused herself with benzene and lit a flame. Since then she has divorced her husband and undergone a series of operations. ...
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