Women For Afgan Women - Please Help!!

There is not much more I can say to this story...except, if you can, contribute to help this wonderful young women...


11/15/09
Bibi Aisha arrived at our shelter yesterday.

Bibi Aisha was  sold at the age of 10 by her  father to a married man, a Talib. He kept  her in the stable with the animals until she was 12 (when she got her first menstrual period). At the age of 12 he married her. From the day that she arrived in his house, she was beaten regularly by this man and his family. Sometimes she was beaten so badly that she couldn’t get up for days.

Six months ago, she was beaten so badly by her husband that she thought that she was going to die. She ran away and went to the neighbor’s house. The neighbor took to her to the police. Since Uruzgan doesn’t have a women’s prison, the police took her to Kandahar and kept her in jail because she had run away from home. She spent four months in the Kandahar women’s prison. After four months, her father came and took her out of prison. He took her back to Uruzgan and gave her back to her husband.




Her husband once more beat her to the brink of death, and then he cut her nose and ears off. He did this because she had brought shame to the family by running away. Then he took her to the mountains and left her there to die. She was rescued by the U.S forces. They kept  her in the military clinic for 2 months until her wounds healed. Almost everyday, her father came to the American base and wanted to take her back with him.

An Afghan-American woman working in the PRT in Uruzgan took the initiative to bring Bibi Aisha to our Center in Kabul.  This same woman mentioned to us that not one girl is going to school in Uruzgan. She has been there for eight months now and hasn't seen a single woman outside.

Our plan is to take Bibi Aisha to the United States for plastic surgery. If you can help us get Bibi Aisha pro-bono medical care, please email us.