Amnesty Reports Afghan Women Persecuted

[maddezmom]

By DANIEL COONEY, Associated Press Writer
39 minutes ago



KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan women are in constant risk of abduction, rape and forced marriage and the government is doing little to address their plight, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Monday, 3 1/2 years after the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime.

A spokeswoman for the Afghan Women's Affairs Ministry, Nooria Haqnagar, acknowledged that abuse was still rife and said, "In some remote areas, men deal with women like animals."

In its report, Amnesty called on the government and the international community to do more to improve the lives of women.

"Throughout the country, few women are exempt from violence or safe from the threat of it," the London-based organization said in its report.

It said women are traded like commodities to settle debts and disputes and that some women commit suicide to escape being forced into unwanted marriages.

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[applegrove]

1. Yup. We need to keep up with the work on rights for women where

'customary law' is misogynistic. You can always go for a traditional marriage if that is what you think will work. Some people still believe in that. I don't know why. But they do.

[Auntie Bush]

2. Didn't our dear Laura just announce how we saved Afghan women

and gave them freedom to go to school and enter politics etc. etc. etc. Sounds like Laura is a liar too. I can't believe she didn't hear these things when she was there? God, liars, liars everywhere!

[baby_bear]

3. That;s what I thought

Someone should ask Laura to speak to this issue.

b_b

[lostnfound]

4. kick nt