SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): A 19 year-old-girl has committed suicide by hanging herself to death to avoid forced marriage and family violence in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Monday.
The governor’s spokesman, Zabihullah Amani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl, Gul Rukh, took the extreme step in Archato village of the district.
Father of the girl, Niaz Murad had been arrested by police, Amani said, quoting the girl’s mother as saying her husband wanted to forcibly marry her to a man.
