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In Afghan, long way for women to recover from rape, abuse
Sep 24 2009, Farhan

Still traumatized, she recounts the events that led her to a safe house in Kabul.

She was raped and nearly stabbed to death by her husband just seven days before we met her.

Her lips are quivering and her eyes full of fear.

“He forced himself...

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