Afghan women are by no means as free as women in western societies are accustom too. Arrange marriages are still apart of their customs whether they want it or not and often at a very young age.
A special envoy of social experts from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries gathered in Afghanistan to talk about forced marriages. 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.
The practice of setting oneself on fire is apparently not as uncommon as one would think. With nowhere to turn to, many Afghanistan women are turning to some type of self-immolation to try to escape daily abuse they are facing. Women can be given away to other families to settle conflicts that can also lead to a life of abuse. And as I stated earlier with no where to go its either kill themselves or endure a life of abuse.
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