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Gender transition: 2 Kabul girls become boys

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Two teenage girls -- 14-year-old Amina and 12-year-old Madina -- from the Chehilastun area of Kabul have became boys.

Amina has since changed her name to Ihsanullah and Madina to Latfullah. They say their male characteristics caused their friends and teachers to tease them. Other girls also stayed away from them.

In an exclusive talk with Pajhwok Afghan News, Ihsanullah said: “Hair on my face and other male characteristic prompted my classmates to look at me with suspicion. At times, they would . . .

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