Here is a link to a documentary that is eye opening on the subject of arranged marriages. Its called Afghanistans Hunted Women Here is a summary: Improving womens rights was supposed to be one of the great legacies of Britains involvement in Afghanistan, but Unreported World reveals that, as international forces start to pull out, powerful religious hardliners are trying to roll back new laws that protect women. Guru-Murthy talks to 22-year-old Zarghona, whose family tried to marry her off to a man in his forties. She tells Unreported World what happened when she refused. They led me into an orchard. My father checked that nobody was around then he took out a knife. He stabbed me three times in my back, twice in the sides and twice in the stomach. He stabbed me 16 times in total. Then my father slashed my throat. They covered me with a sheet and placed a stone at each corner and left me to die. channel4/programmes/unreported-world/4od#3601342
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:20:01 +0000
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