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Behind the Veil, part 5: The war on women - ‘The husband can abuse you as if you are his own being, like humans are God’s beings’
The Globe and Mail has posted Behind the Veil: An Intimate Journey Into the Lives of Kandahar’s Women, an outstanding multi-part interactive series by photojournalist Paula Lerner and reporter Jessica Leeder chronicling the lives of women in Kandahar, one of Afghanistan’s most conservative, volatile cities.

Part 5: The war on women - ‘The husband can abuse you as if you are his own being, like humans are God’s beings’

Shukria has been sold into marriage twice and is struggling with insecurity and illiteracy — she’s one of the women from Kandahar interviewed for the Globe and Mail’s six-part “Behind The Veil” series.

Photo credit: Paula Lerner.