A man in Ghor province burned his pregnant wife with petrol

Three weeks ago,an Afghan man scalded his pregnant wife with petrol in Saghar district of Ghor province.

The 13 –year old girl, named Zahra was married at the age of 11 and five days after the husband sets wife on fire, she died in Istiqlal hospital of the capital, Kabul.

The history of Zahra starts when her mother became paralyzed and her father married for the second time.

Zahra’s father says that the family of his second wife force them to marry Zahra.

The family of Zahra claims that their daughter has been beaten since the beginning of her marriage; even, she was once injured by a knife.

But the recent report about violence against