RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan
March 8, 2018
Hundreds of women marched in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day and to remind authorities that much remains to be done to give Afghan women a voice, ensure their education, and protect them from increasing violence.
The head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Sima Samar, addressed women in Afghanistan’s security forces.
“Your safety represents the safety of all Afghan women,” she said, reminding women in uniform to report any abuse by superiors to the rights commission.
Samar said no one has the right to comment on their physical appearance or to speak to them disrespectfully.
The overall situation for Afghan women has gradually improved in the last decade, especially in the major urban areas, but those living in rural parts of the country still face major discrimination and violence.
Human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch and the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, have voiced concern at women’s rights in Afghanistan.
With reporting by AP
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The overall situation for Afghan women has gradually improved in the last decade, especially in the major urban areas, but those living in rural parts of the country still face major discrimination and violence.
IT IS A FANTASTIC
FANTASY !
BROTHERS AND SISTERS !
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JUST LAST YEAR ALONE OVER TEN THOUSANDS OF REGULAR CITIZENS OF AFGHANISTAN WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED THROUGH DIRTY MILITARY WORKS OF ANGLO/US PARASITES AND/OR THEIR PROXIES.
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THOSE PEOPLE WERE BROTHERS, HUSBANDS, FATHERS AND COUSINS TO ALL WOMEN
OF
AFGHANISTAN.
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NOW; HOW YOU COWARDS
DARE CALLING IT A PROGRESS TO WOMEN’S RIGHT
IN AFGHANISTAN ?????
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YOU SEMI-RETARDED INVADERS
HAVE NO HONOR , PERIOD !
YOU ARE PERSECUTING
THE VERY FOLKS WHO LOVE AFGHANISTAN AND WILL GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR IT- YOU COWARDS DON’T UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.
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YOU GREEDY LOW LIVES
ARE THERE
FOR
THE THRIL OF
FILLING YOUR POCKETS.
*YOU WILL EVENTUALLY
RUN AWAY
IN A HURRY- FROM
THE WHOLE AREA.