Taliban Pressure to End Sunni-Shia Marriage Precedes Herat Girl’s Death
An 18-year-old Afghan woman died by suicide in Herat after the Taliban reportedly pressured her family to annul her marriage to a Shia Hazara man, with the case raising serious questions over the Taliban’s intervention in the couple’s marriage. Zahra, from the Shalbafan area of Herat, had married Ali Reza, a Shia Hazara man from […]
Taliban Pressure to End Sunni-Shia Marriage Precedes Herat Girl’s Death Read More »










