By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan January 19, 2016 Officials in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Faryab say a young woman in a remote village has had her nose cut off by her husband. A photograph of the woman posted online has sparked anger in Afghanistan, with activists demanding punishment for the attacker. Hospital officials in the provincial capital
Portland Thorns FC has announced that the club has acquired forward Nadia Nadim, the third overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft and a second-round selection in 2017 from Sky Blue FC in exchange for the second overall pick in 2016 and a 2017 first and conditional fourth-round pick. Born in Afghanistan, Nadim fled
AOPNEWS | January 14, 2016 Afghanistan’s national women’s football (soccer) team (Lionesses of Khorasan) will participate in the upcoming 2016 South Asian Games (SAG). Yesterday, the fixtures for the women’s competition were released, and Afghanistan and Bangladesh have been grouped with host country India in Group A. Group B will consist of Maldives, Nepal and
Human Rights Watch: The Afghan government should quickly remedy its missed deadline to produce a plan to include women in the peace process, Human Rights Watch said. In September 2015, the Afghan government of President Ashraf Ghani promised its key international donors it would finalize an implementation plan by year’s end and begin carrying it
Tolo News: The sixth winter music academy of the National Music Institute of Afghanistan launched on Monday and within eight months, students will host concerts. Naser Sarmast, head of the institute, hoped that 2016 would be a good year for them and said that soon a group of 50 girls will be introducing Afghan music to
Khaama Press: Governor of Durzab says 20 girls have attempted to commit suicide this year out of which six of them died. Rahmatullah Hashar told BBC that eight incidents of failed-attempts of suicide took place this month involving eight girls and two boys. Hashar has further said that domestic violence is the main cause behind it. Click here
Carolyn Coe: They have descended from homes built on the mountainside. Women sit together in the cemetery not to mourn but to wait for the duvet distribution to begin. When I approach them, each woman extends a hand in greeting. Some have the needed small stamped pieces of paper to receive two duvets but most don’t.
Khyber News: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said a special court would be created to address cases of female prisoners being held at Badambagh jail in Kabul in order to prevent interference from powerful individuals. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Women’s Council of the National Islamic Movement in Afghanistan has launched a driving school for women in Jawzjan – the first in the province. Click here to read more (external link).
New York Times: Like so many other Western attempts to remake Afghanistan, the efforts have foundered, according to Afghan and Western lawyers and officials. Click here to read more (external link).