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Most Afghan Women Serve Sentences In Elders' Homes, Not Prisons
When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.
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Women Targeted in Taliban Takeover of Afghan City
Hiding in her basement, a Kunduz radio presenter was paralysed with fear when the Taliban came looking for her as they conducted house-to-house searches for working women after storming the northern Afghan city.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
After Farida's husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.
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Sharp rise in number of Afghan women in prison for 'moral crimes'
About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.
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Afghan TV stations face legal action for 'nudity'
The Afghan government has recommended legal action against two TV channels for allegedly broadcasting scantily dressed women and disseminating immorality, officials said on Wednesday.
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations. The plight of 15-year-old Sahar Gul captivated the nation and set off a storm of international condemnation when it came to light in late December. Gul's hus...
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said today.
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At Afghan prison, female visitors face invasive searches
Women visiting relatives at a notorious men's prison on the edge of Kabul have in recent weeks been subjected to invasive body-cavity searches at the order of the prison's commandant, who has told guards and American officials that the measure is needed to keep out contraband, Western and Afghan officials said.
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Most Afghan Women Serve Sentences In Elders' Homes, Not Prisons
When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.
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Women Targeted in Taliban Takeover of Afghan City
Hiding in her basement, a Kunduz radio presenter was paralysed with fear when the Taliban came looking for her as they conducted house-to-house searches for working women after storming the northern Afghan city.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
After Farida's husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.
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Sharp rise in number of Afghan women in prison for 'moral crimes'
About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.
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Afghan TV stations face legal action for 'nudity'
The Afghan government has recommended legal action against two TV channels for allegedly broadcasting scantily dressed women and disseminating immorality, officials said on Wednesday.
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations. The plight of 15-year-old Sahar Gul captivated the nation and set off a storm of international condemnation when it came to light in late December. Gul's hus...
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said today.
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At Afghan prison, female visitors face invasive searches
Women visiting relatives at a notorious men's prison on the edge of Kabul have in recent weeks been subjected to invasive body-cavity searches at the order of the prison's commandant, who has told guards and American officials that the measure is needed to keep out contraband, Western and Afghan officials said.
