A girl has ended her life to escape forced marriage in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan.
The girl committed suicide on Monday night (November 21st) in the sixth police district of Jalalabad, the capital city of Nangarhar province.
The girl committed suicide after being informed that her family engaged her to her cousin.
The girl has reportedly killed herself with a Kalashnikov rifle in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province.
Her family members confirmed the girl’s death, detailing that she died due to a heart attack, but locals deny this allegation.
Taliban officials in Nangarhar province have not yet said anything about this incident.
Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the suicide rate among young people, especially girls, has been on the rise in Afghanistan, and forced marriages have been said to be one of the factors.
