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Tortured Farah teenage bride seeks divorce

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FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): A 14-year-old married girl, Yagana, in western Farah province says her husband uses to beat her, fastens her hands in chains and burns her body with hot iron rods to force her father to return him the traditional bride money.

Yagana, a resident of Ginbagh village of Purchaman district, came to the provincial capital, Farah City, with her brother and father to visit the governor’s house and seek divorce from her husband and get him punished.

Her brother Abdul Majeed, 24, told Pajhwok Afghan News his father had demanded . . .

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