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Marriage Swaps End in Tears and Blood

October 01, 2007 | Institute for War & Peace Reporting new window By Mohammad Ilyas Dayee

HELMAND - I could not tell which of the two figures before me was Samina and which was her mother. They were identical, both swathed in worn black veils, and I could not see their faces. As is customary in my culture, Pashtun women do not show themselves to men outside their families.

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