Afghan Women Worse Than Ever Before

By Eric on February 25, 2008

This is our fault.

Grinding poverty and the escalating war is driving an increasing number of Afghan families to sell their daughters into forced marriages.

Girls as young as six are being married into a life of slavery and rape, often by multiple members of their new relatives. Banned from seeing their own parents or siblings, they are also prohibited from going to school. With little recognition of the illegality of the situation or any effective recourse, many of the victims are driven to self-immolation – burning themselves to death – or severe self-harm.

Six years after the US and Britain “freed” Afghan women from the oppressive Taliban regime, a new report proves that life is just as bad for most, and worse in some cases.

It makes me proud to see that our decisive victory over the Taliban in August 2004, and then two years later in September ‘06, and then again in August of 2007, and then once more last December helped to liberate women from the oppressive rule of the Taliban.

Tags: Afghanistan, forced marriage, Taliban, women

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There are 2 responses to “Afghan Women Worse Than Ever Before”

1. I love your blog — don’t stop.

   Sometimes it hurts to criticize your country (or see it criticized) but it needs to be done if we’re ever going to improve and stay on top.

   —Guy on February 25, 2008 at 12:34 pm

2. omg.. good work, brother

   —Jewelwu on March 20, 2008 at 11:39 am