MAIMANA (Pajhwok): A 35-year-old woman committed suicide by poisoning herself in Maimana city, the capital of northwestern Faryab province on Saturday, an official said.
Provincial police spokesman, Abdul Karim Yurish, told Pajhwok Afghan News the woman named, Abida, the mother of seven children killed herself due to domestic violence in Karta-I-Genral Dostum area of Maimana city this morning.
Abdul Karim Yurish said the husband of the woman was spending his jail term for a criminal case.
Investigation about the real motive behind the suicide is underway, he added
Provincial public health’s in charge for forensic, Dr. Samir Enayat, said Abdia committed suicide by drinking bleach.
Sayed Hafizullah Fitrat, head of the provincial Independent Human Rights Commission, said four suicide and 12 honor related cases have been registered in Faryab in the past six months.
He linked such incidents to poverty, joblessness, lack of awareness from religion, forced marriages, honor marriages and insecurity.
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