Afghan woman forced to marry the man who raped & got her pregnant

 Sleeping with a married person is a crime in Afghanistan and doesn't matter if the married person forced themselve on you.
The Afghan woman above known only by her first name Gulnaz, was just 16 years when she was raped by her cousin's husband, Asadullah in 2008.
She fell pregnant for him as a result and had since put to birth (photo above)
Rejected by her family and facing 12 year in prison for 'adultery by force' and falling pregnant for a married man, Gulnaz had no choice but to marry her depraved attacker. That was her only hope to get a reduced sentence.
Talking to CNN about her life, Gulnaz said she only agreed to marry her rapist so that her daughter - named SMILE could live a shame-free life in the Afghan capital's 'traditional' society.


Gulnaz got married to Asadullah in 2013 after her family told her she couldn't return home because she'd 'shamed' their family. Gulnaz said marrying her attacker was her only choice.
In here words:

"I didn't want to ruin the life of my daughter or leave myself helpless so I agreed to marry him. We are traditional people. When we get a bad name, we prefer death to living with that name in society,' Gulnaz said.

And through out the interview, she refused to look her husband in the eye. The man, Asadullah - who was jailed for the rape in 2008 but later released, said the woman owed her freedom to him.

'If I hadn't married her according to our traditions, she couldn't have lived back in society. Her brothers didn't want to accept her back. Now, she doesn't have any of those problems." He said.

Asadullah is still married to Gulnaz's first cousin - with whom he has five children.

Wait o, she didn't look at him throught the internet with CNN but they have five children together from the marriage!! How?? #just thinking out loud though!!