U.S. Special Forces Team Provides Safety to Mixed-Marriage Couple in Oruzgan Province

A recently-married couple from different tribes (Pashtun and Hazara) of the Oruzgan Province area has sparked an ethnic conflict that has caused two deaths, families leaving their homes under threats, and the attention of the Karzai government and a Special Forces detachment in the local area.  The relatives of the Pashtun bride are displeased with the marriage and the bride feels her family wants to kill her to restore the families "honor".  Read more in "Please save us, say blood-feud lovers", Sunday Herald Sun, January 9, 2011.