Human Rights Watch: Afghan Women "Still Suffer Abuse"

World | December 17, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

An international human rights group says women and girls continue to suffer extreme repression in parts of Afghanistan. Human Rights Watch says it has evidence of mounting abuses, harassment and restrictions of women's rights. Much of the latest Human Rights Watch report focuses on life for the women of Herat in western Afghanistan, but warns that the situation there is symptomatic of developments across the country. It speaks of police abuse, forced chastity tests and restrictions reminiscent of the Taleban.

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