Unfortunately, the father didn't just beat her. Molestation I'm sure occurred. MSM often won't acknowledge that Afghanistan is overwhelmingly islamic.

Just look how hard life is under islamic rule: does she look 10 years old? She looks much older than 10 to me. Poor thing is a war veteran. Stress aging her well beyond her years.

Same to you :-)

Nice. I'm looking forward to it. Happy New Year.

The father and extended family. That kept occurring to me. She does look much older that her actual years would suggest. Horrible hard life.
(That book I told you about, 'Lone Survivor', was made into a movie. Coming out on Friday).

I own myself. That girl was very brave. Heroine

I wholeheartedly agree. On all points.

" They created a cultural milieu of vengeance, violence and death - preparing their children to be sacrifices in a death cult. Proud parents dress up their toddlers not in clown costumes, but with suicide belts,
Golda Meir, 1972 Israeli PM
http://www.mythsandfacts.org/Conflict/9/...

I agree. I cannot even begin to conceive how parents could ever do something like that, then again there are examples within our own country of things that parents have done that confound me just as much.

I really is an incomprehensible concept to rational beings.

Sometimes I think the world would be better off if the entire Middle East was turned into a glass parking lot. The cruelty of those people never ceases to amaze me.