Firoza: The Girl Who Wanted to Learn
Tales of the Dark Age (No. 96) By Momtaz Hossini. Translated by Rostam Safdari One afternoon in Kabul, I heard about Firoza from a woman who had known her family…
A Life Cut Short: Forced Marriage and the Death of a 19-Year-Old Girl in Miramor
Reported by Mohammad Hakim | Translated by Rostam Safdari In the remote mountain villages of Miramor district in Daikundi province, the death of 19-year-old Benazir Ahmadi has left the community…
Forced Marriage Took Noriya’s Life
Tales of the Dark Age (66) Written by: Mumtaz Hosseini, Translated by: Shekib Jaghori Noriya was born into a very traditional and religious family in a remote district of Uruzgan…
Young Girl in Kandahar Commits Suicide Due to Forced Marriage
Kandahar, Afghanistan – A young girl in Kandahar province has taken her own life after being pressured by her family to marry a middle-aged man, local sources reported. According to…