Re:And legality? (Score 1)

Afghanistan today: Most of the people are feeling optimistic about their future after decades of war and oppression.

"Most of the people are feeling optimistic" has a very hollow ring to it when you know how many Afgahn women are committing suicide:

Afghanistan: Self-Immolation Of Women On The Rise In Western Provinces

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Activists say women in many parts of Afghanistan -- including Herat, which is ruled with an iron fist by provincial governor and warlord Ismail Khan -- still face repression and harassment.

Virdee says the continued crackdown on women's rights is contributing to the rise in self-immolation cases.

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Ahmad Bassir is a Herat-based correspondent for Radio Free Afghanistan. He says women see no difference between their lives now and under the Taliban, and that desperation drives them to attempt suicide.

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Bassir adds that the despair is especially strong among women who once lived as refugees in neighboring Iran, where women enjoy far greater rights.

So in summary, for many Afghan women, the situation in Afhanistan today is so bad -- for some it's worse than it was for them in Iran -- with even fewer prospects for improvements in their lives, that they commit suicide by setting fire to themselves.

I'll just repeat your words to give the proper constrast:

Afghanistan today: Most of the people are feeling optimistic about their future after decades of war and oppression.

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Death by fire: the agonising way out for trapped Afghan women

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