The Guardian (UK): It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kabul to pick up her wages. She had no way of knowing that in just a few hours, her life as she knew it would be over. She would end the day in a Taliban police station, a victim of forced marriage with her entire future decided for her by a group of strangers with guns. Click here to read more (external link).