Wednesday, December 18, 2002

Repression of women in "liberated" Afghanistan
"Even women travelling in taxis have been arrested for being alone with a man, and sometimes taken to a hospital to determine if they have had sex recently. And if they are single, whether they are virgins. Girls deemed improperly veiled have been beaten.

"The US-led coalition justified the war against the Taliban in part by promising that it would liberate Afghanistan's women," Ms Coursen-Neff said. "In fact, by supporting repressive warlords, the international community has broken that promise and forsaken women's rights."

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