their families the hospital inherit in western afghanistan many of the girls and young women being treated here are maimed or burned beyond recognition they say they had an accident at home or fell sahid john is just thirteen years old. there was a pause of boiling water on the stove. but my legs. and. the girls are afraid to tell the truth says dr hidari. and if they are harmed and why because of their domestic situation they've been forced into marriages and their husbands are violent. saheb john's husband bought her for the equivalent of one thousand euros he used her as cheap labor to milk cows and feed sheep she lived in a cramped and filthy room and was given leftovers to eat. i didn't know what it