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Taliban send victims of domestic violence to prison

Afghan women wait for food in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province, Jan 7, 2024. [AFP]

For 27-year-old Leeda, "life is like hell" as her husband beats her every day and she "has to tolerate it" because she has "no other option."

"My body is always bruised, now I am used to it, I have to tolerate it for my children," Leeda, a mother of three who lives in the western city of Herat, told VOA with tears in her eyes.

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