Or A Tortured Culture?

Women and young girls are often used in the practise of 'vani' (Photo-AP)

In other, related news, Pakistan's top constitutional court has intervened to stop the marriages of five minor girls which were arranged in order to settle a tribal dispute. The case centres around the custom of "vani" in which blood feuds are settled through forced marriages, often at the behest of a tribal gathering or jirga. The girls, from Sindh province, are all between 12 months and five years old.
-BBC