BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — Afghan girls and women who have relationships with men outside marriage are often the target of brutal punishments — including public floggings, prison, and even death. One teenage girl who is believed to have broken that social norm paid the ultimate price this week when her brother reportedly killed her after she…
21/4/2020 Violence against women is endemic in Afghanistan; with services closed by the pandemic, those working with abused women are terrified for their clients Every morning Marzia Akbari, a 25-year-old psychologist from the western Afghan city of Herat, wakes up, picks up her phone and starts calling women. Most calls go unanswered. Since Herat…
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs has registered 51 cases of violence against women in the past 11 months (since January 2019), which is a slight increase from the previous year. The deputy minister of women’s affairs for policy, Spozhmai Wardak, said the cases include murder, beating, rape, inciting suicide attempts and “kangaroo courts.” The provinces…
Hundreds of Afghans gathered at UN-backed events across the country to decry violence against women and girls, and to strategize on practical steps to put an end to harmful traditional practices in Afghanistan. The events, leading up to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November and the start of…
BBC reported: An average of 74 men, women and children were killed every day in Afghanistan throughout the month of August, the BBC has found. The findings show unrelenting violence affects almost the entire country as US negotiations to withdraw after 18 years of war are in disarray. We confirmed 611 security incidents in…
Afghan police have launched a manhunt for the ex-husband of murdered Afghan journalist Mina Mangal. She was shot to death on her way to work by unknown gunmen on Saturday; her parents suspect he is behind the killing. 13/05/2019 Police in Afghanistan were searching for the ex-husband of murdered journalist Mina Mangal on Monday, after…
Shakila Zareen was shot by man she was forced to marry at 16 26/March/2019 Shakila Zareen and her mother Sharman at their home in Vancouver. Along with Shakila’s sister, they came to Canada as refugees in Jan. a young woman who had fled Afghanistan after being shot in the face by the man she was…
14/01/2019 A part-time radio journalist was traveling in western Afghanistan last week when he was kidnapped by Taliban militants and later killed. The country is repeatedly ranked as one of the deadliest for journalists. The body of Javid Noori, an Afghan government employee who also worked as a part-time journalist in western Afghanistan’s Farah region,…
14/01/2019 A part-time radio journalist was traveling in western Afghanistan last week when he was kidnapped by Taliban militants and later killed. The country is repeatedly ranked as one of the deadliest for journalists. The body of Javid Noori, an Afghan government employee who also worked as a part-time journalist in western Afghanistan’s Farah region,…
At least 63 journalists around the world were killed doing their jobs in 2018, with Afghanistan being the deadliest place for journalists worldwide, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Tuesday. The Paris-based organization, which advocates for freedom of the press around the world, reported violence against reporters rose 15 percent compared to 2017. If all media…
