This cannot be correct.

Dowrys in parts of Afghanistan reach $3000 making marriage difficicult in a country where the average annual incomeis only a few hundred dollars.

But, according to this article: "Under the strict Islamic rule of the fundamentalist Taliban regime overthrown in 2001, sex outside of marriage or bestiality were punished by stoning to death or flogging."

So there's an allowance in strict Islamic law for bestiality, but not pre-marital sex? I find that difficult to believe.