Baad or Baadi in Afghanistan - A Young Girl's Plight

File this story under "life is harsh if you are a woman in Afghanistan".  In the rural Pashtun areas of Afghanistan - mostly the south and east - the practice of baad or baadi is still occurring.  Baad is a traditional Afghan form of justice.  Young girls are taken as a form of payment for misdeeds committed or debt owed by a family.  The girls are entered into a force marriage or slavery.  Read more in "For Punishment of Elder's Misdeeds, Afghan Girl Pays the Price", The New York Times, February 16, 2012.