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A female doctor attends a patient in Esteqlal hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2008. Increasing numbers of Afghan women are committing suicide by setting fire to themselves to escape difficult lives, according to NGOs based in the country.
Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

  • A female doctor attends a patient in Esteqlal hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2008. Increasing numbers of Afghan women are committing suicide by setting fire to themselves to escape difficult lives, according to NGOs based in the country.

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  • Credits Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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