Swara is a child marriage custom in tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This custom is tied to blood feuds among the different tribes and clans where the young girls are forcibly married to the members of different clans in order to resolve the feuds. It is most common among Pashtuns.
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- Custom of swara in vogue despite govt claims, November 29, 2010
- Six-month-old girl married off in Swara incident, May 31, 2010
- Present law insufficient to check swara, vani custom, April 26, 2010
- Swara practised with impunity in tribal areas, November 13, 2006
- Swara Practice in Pakistan Caused Young Women's Deaths, November 7, 2006
- Swara girl decreed by jirga rejected, April 17, 2006
- Blood Feuds Trap Girls in 'Compensation Marriages', April 1, 2006
- Documentary highlights inhuman Swara custom, December 27, 2005
- Pakistani Girls Forced to Settle Men’s Disputes, April 16, 2004
- Swara: The Price of Honour, February 20, 2004
- Legislator Fights Pakistan's 'Blood' Marriages, October 20, 2003
- Girls as 'compensation' still in vogue, August 22, 2003
