Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Sex for bread in new Afghanistan

When Fatima returned home after years of living as a refugee, the teenage was aspiring to a promised better life in post-Taliban Afghanistan. She has since turned to selling her body to make a living.

"I had no other way but prostitution," the 19-year-old told Reuters on Monday, May 19. . . .

Fatima is not alone.

According to RAWA, an independent organization of Afghan women, prostitution has become widespread in conservative Afghanistan since the 2001 US ouster of Taliban.

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