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Desperate Afghan women turn to self immolation amid violence
A Kabul hospital scene recalls a 16 year old girl who set herself on fire to escape beatings by her drug addict husband. The report notes widespread self immolation in Afghanistan, driven by forced marriage and domestic abuse, with women dying or scarred and many cases unreported.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Gir
Gullum
Ema
Adrian Paul
Womanking
Migaen
Gulsum
Ike
Mazar-e-Sharif
Iran
Orat Public Health
Raoufa Niazi
Niazi
Associated Press
ICRC