Tragic Suicide of a 21-Year-Old Girl in Fayzabad.
Local sources report that a young girl committed suicide in Badakhshan Province.
In Fayzabad, the provincial capital, on Monday evening, February 17, 2026, a 21-year-old girl, under pressure from domestic violence and social restrictions, ended her life.
She was a resident of the Kohna area of Fayzabad and a nursing graduate. But pressures and limitations pushed her to a point where she ended her life by ingesting poison.
Families and local residents expressed shock and anger. They demanded urgent action to improve the situation of women.
Women’s rights activists warn that after the Taliban’s return, domestic violence, killing of women, and suicides among girls have increased at an unprecedented rate.
The group’s repressive laws and decrees not only fail to protect women. They actively create conditions for abuse and extreme pressure. Girls and women are exposed to serious threats and harm.
Experts emphasize that continuation of this situation endangers the lives and mental health of women across the country. It also has wide social consequences.
They warn that without immediate protective and legal measures, the crisis of violence against women in Afghanistan could escalate into a national and unprecedented catastrophe.
