.... These are high-profile women and their stories have made news. But they represent just the tip of a vast iceberg of violence against women in Afghanistan. According to one study, 87% of Afghan women have experienced violence of at least one form (many suffering multiple types).
An NGO report last year found that almost half the women in Afghanistan's prisons and nearly all the girls in its juvenile detention centres were there because they'd fled a forced marriage or domestic violence.
The miserable reality for many Afghan women and girls is that they are routinely targeted by their husbands or other relatives. If they're more prominent individuals, they're also likely targets for the armed groups, including the Taliban. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
