Woman committed self-immolation in Kabul

24-year-old Arezo of Deh Dana area of Kabul committed self-immolation and burnt herself in front of her children due to family violence.

Arezo claimed that her husband and his family were beaten her and threatening her like an animal, tears trickling down her cheeks.

“Every minute of every day, I was fetching water, growing crops, looking after animals and children, cleaning the house. I was patient, but it was too much for me. I found it hard to live like a slave.” Arezo said.

She noted that her husband was not able to provide living expenses of his wife and his children.

Arezo urged the government and judicial institution to release his husband, Nadir to take care of her children.

Self-immolation has an unsavoury place in the histories of several Asian countries, as a form of female suicide.

Now, Afghan women know they should have rights, and they are prepared to burn themselves to show society that they do not have them yet.

Afghanistan’s constitution gives equal rights to men and women. But despite an increase in the number of girls in school, most Afghan women enjoy no more rights than they did under the Taliban.

Most of the country is not controlled by the government but by warlords as misogynistic as the Taliban.

There are many more pressures on young Afghan women today because they have learned what freedom is from radio and television, but that is not what they have.

Although Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission has not published the exact number of violence against women this year, but according to their information, more than 2000 cases of violence against women have been recorded in the past and current year.