an afghan woman who was forced to marry her rapist and have his baby has revealed how she gave up all of her hopes and dreams to 'buy' her daughter's future known only by the name gulnaz, the kabul based woman was only 16 years old when she fell pregnant with the child of her depraved attacker asadullah   who is also married to her cousin even though a rape led to her pregnancy, gulnaz's brothers insisted she would not be allowed to return to her 'shamed' family as she was unmarried and a kabul court sentenced her to two years in prison for 'adultery by force', later increased to 12 years following an appeal the only hope of a reduced sentence was to marry asadullah, which she did in early 2013 now she is pregnant with his third child but insists she only agreed to marry her rapist so that her first daughter   named smile   could live a shame free life in the afghan capital's 'traditional' society just over two years after gulnaz married asadullah, the couple agreed to a joint interview with cnn's nick paton walsh victim: known only by the name gulnaz (left), the  woman was only 16 years old when she fell pregnant with smile (centre)   the child of her rapist  asadullah (right) agonising decision: gulnaz said that she had married the man who had attacked her because she didn't want to ruin her daughter's life  gulnaz said that her decision to marry the rapist was purely based on the fact her daughter, smile, would have been unable to live a normal life in the afghan capital without a father tragic: gulnaz said that her decision to marry the rapist enabled smile to live a normal life  'i didn't want to ruin the life of my daughter or leave myself helpless so i agreed to marry him,' she said 'we are traditional people when we get a bad name, we prefer death to living with that name in society,' gulnaz added, reportedly refusing to look her husband in the eye during the interview asadullah   who was jailed for the rape but subsequently had sentence reduced   appears totally remorseless about his crime he insists that by agreeing to marry her, he actually 'rescued' gulnaz 'if i hadn't married her according to our traditions, she couldn't have lived back in society,' he said 'her brothers didn't want to accept her back now, she doesn't have any of those problems,' he added asadullah is still married to his first wife   gulnaz's first cousin   with whom he has five children in total seven children and three adults  live in the family house gulnaz was found guilty of 'adultery by force' following the brutal attack in 2008 when the case came to court gulnaz was sentenced to two years in jail, which was later increased to 12 years on appeal a first release offer, which she eventually agreed to, stipulated she must marry her attacker however her sentence was then cut to three years after a third appeal, and, according to reports at the time, the requirement for her to marry the man, who himself was jailed for seven years, was dropped gulnaz gave birth to her daughter in the badam bagh women's jail in kabul before then president hamid karzai took the highly unusual step of freeing her with no pre conditions in december 2011 released from prison, gulnaz faced a life of isolation and poverty as mothers without husbands are shunned by their communities and their own families and become social outcasts although there was no longer a legal obligation for her to so, gulnaz later approached the rapist's family to arrange the terms of marriage and give smile the best chance of a normal life hard times: gulnaz gave birth to her daughter in the badam bagh women's jail in kabul before then president hamid karzai took the highly unusual step of freeing her with no pre conditions in december 2011 
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