Afghan women face increasing violence, says UN

WOMEN in Afghanistan are facing increasing violence almost eight years after the fall of the Taliban, a UN report showed yesterday.

The report, issued by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, focuses on the “growing trend” of violence and sexual threats made against women in public life.

It reveals examples of targeted killings of professional women as well as a list of threats, discrimination, intimidation and harassment aimed at working women and their families.