Most of us are pretty familiar with the hotbed of sad news stories that is Afghanistan. The hundreds of killed and injured troops, the thousands of dead civilians, the poverty and instability, but all of them start to look a bit unremarkable once you stumble upon a hospital ward full of girls who have tried, and failed, to kill themselves by setting themselves on fire, a horrible form of suicide known as self-immolation. Franco-American photojournalist Anne Holmes came across these young women in Herat Regional Hospital in the province of Herat. We spoke to her about what she encountered there.
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Vice: When were you in Afghanistan and why?Anne Holmes:Did you go there looking for these girls or find them by chance and thus stumble upon the self-immolation phenomenon?
What drives these women to do this?What is the significance of the burning?
How common are these cases?And what if they survive?
Were there any specific cases you remember?Has or can anything be done to solve this problem do you think?For more Anne Holmes, visit vigilantejournalist.com
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