Afghan wife maimed for refusing drug-addict husband's cash demand

By Anna Coren, CNN

April 10, 2014 -- 

Herat, Afghanistan (CNN) -- As we stroll down a dusty back street in Herat, Afghanistan's third-biggest city, a high gate made from sheets of rusted corrugated iron and a door that's bolted shut confronts us.

On the other side of this fortress-like barrier we can hear children's voices and playful laughter.

When we knock the voices fall silent and a young man comes to the gate. He asks for our names and the purpose of our visit. Satisfied with the answer, the door is unbolted and we're allowed inside.

Behind the high wall, four little girls -- the youngest a smiling two-year old with food on her face -- greet us in a concrete-covered courtyard. Garbage is piled up in one corner, while a broken down motorcycle

leans against a brick wall.

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