First, her dreams of becoming a doctor were dashed by the Taliban’s ban on education. Then her family set up a forced marriage to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa* felt her future had been snatched away.

“I had two options: to marry an addict and live a life of misery or take my own life,” said the 18-year-old in a phone interview from her home in central Ghor province. “I chose the latter.”

  • balderdash
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    110 months ago

    Not to be callus, but if 3 people commit suicide it isn’t news. Or at least, its not international news.

    • bermuda
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      1410 months ago

      Dude, they’re saying it’s worrying if 3 out of every 4 people who commit suicide are women

      • balderdash
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        110 months ago

        Without the total number, it could literally be 3 people for all I know. Not that I don’t feel for the women in this situation.

        In another reply someone quoted a better article that said ~100 suicide attempts. That’s all I was asking for