Tag Archives: Violence

Parents of two young girls from Andkhoi district of Faryab province on Sunday claimed that Taliban militants have gang-raped their daughters. The family has moved to the capital of Jawzjan province, seeking justice from the government. Mother of the victims told Ariana News that two of the culprits were living …

General Abdul Raqib Mubariz took office as the new police chief of the northern Balkh province on Thursday despite strong opposition by former provincial governor Atta Mohammad Noor.  Mubariz was surrounded by commando forces who were deployed to have the situation under control after armed forces loyal to former Balkh …

A young Afghan woman aged 30 has been beaten to death by her husband in the northern Takhar province for picking up 500 Afghanis from his pocket, the local police authorities reported. The incident was reportedly happened yesterday, December 04, and the woman named Hanifa died after she was taken …

The United Nations Development Program says that nothing has been done in terms of probing or handling the cases of violence against women in Afghanistan. As complained Mr. Ibrahim Abu Shamaala, the UNDP director in Afghanistan, the government related institutions lack the required cooperation and coordination for handling these cases. …

The Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) head, Seema Samar during a press conference in Kabul has insisted on women’s role in all aspects of the society. Seema Samar linked the current ongoing conflict the main reason for the lack of women’s participation in public and private organizations. “As long as …