Why female suicide in Afghanistan is so prevalent By Sana Safi BBC Afghan Service Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Thousands of Afghan women attempt suicide each year (file photo) "I didn't want to live any more. That's why I tried to kill myself with poison." Jamila (not her real name) attempted suicide after she felt abandoned and betrayed by her fiancé - who decided, after a six-year-engagement, that he no longer wanted to marry her because she was "not a young woman any more".