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Afghan woman's choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk death

  • 23.11.2011
  • By Nick Paton Walsh and Masoud Popalza, CNN
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An Afghan woman faces an almost unthinkable choice of choosing to marry her rapist or spending the next 12 years in jail for adultery. She has tentatively decided to marry her attacker but that comes with its own risks as she could face the possibility of death due to the practice of honor killing within families.

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