Sources in Badghis Province say that a young woman has died by suicide after jumping from the second floor of a building in the province.
The sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Saturday, November 14, that the young woman attempted suicide at around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in the fourth district of Qala-e-Naw city.
According to the information, the young woman was identified as Sharifa and was between 18 and 19 years old.
According to the sources, she was engaged but did not want to marry her fiancé, and for this reason, she attempted suicide.
It is worth noting that unwanted and forced marriages are cited as one of the major causes of suicide attempts among young women in Afghanistan. With the Taliban’s return to power and the increase in such marriages, the number of suicides among women and girls has also risen.
