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Afghan children raped with 'impunity,' U.N. official says - CNN.com

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cnn.com — The young Afghan girl sits in the center of the room, weeping. Using her hand and her blue scarf to hide her face, she recounts how she was brutally raped by five gunmen.

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  1. oh my god i cant even imagine. really i cant. 12 years old and brutally raped, BRUTALLY..i dont even want to think what that was even like :( I feel for this poor little girl :(

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  2. Things like this are so sad I just don't know what to say or think. :(

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  3. I have little hope for humanity, Lots of good in the world, yet how does one account for acts like this.

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    1. @mortalwind
      It doesn't reflect badly on humanity.
      There was no humanity involved in the act.

      Just animalistic ids without the quintessential which make a human human and not beast. Compassion and conscience.

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  4. simply disgusting...

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