Half a conversation overheard

Yes, she's being thrown out of the house by [family member]. He doesn't want her to live there any more.
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No, she thinks her husband was killed by the Taliban. 
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And understandably she's very upset that her children are still in Afghanistan. 

It wasn't so much the content that distressed me as the matter-of fact tone of voice, as if these anecdotes are relayed several times a day. 

Because they are.