My father died 7 years ago. Unfortunately, in Afghanistan, when a woman loses her husband, she has no rights. And as they are not allowed to be educated, they cannot take care of their children by themselves. Instead the brother of the husband will automatically take over in taking care of her and her family.
Our uncle tried to do this to us. He beat my mum, me, and my three sisters, and said he was going to marry us off to some older men for the dowry money. At that time, I was 16.