Young Women in Afghanistan Driven to Suicide Amid Widespread Frustration Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Mar 25 2025 (IPS) - Azar Shaimaa sits in grief, her voice trembling with sorrow as she recounts the devastating loss of her daughter, Benazir. A bright ninth-grade student, Benazir took her own life. Just three years earlier, Shaimaa lost her husband in a car accident. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/young-women-afghanistan-driven-suicide-amid-widespread-frustration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=young-women-afghanistan-driven-suicide-amid-widespread-frustration Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.