This article reports on a young couple who recently lost their lives in a case of Honor Killing in Afghanistan. It then goes on to detail the statistics for these crimes which are on the rise in their country. A young couple in conservative southern Afghanistan have been found beheaded, apparently killed for having a love affair outside of marriage, officials said Wednesday... The police official said the brother told investigators the dead man had loved the woman and wanted to marry her.. Omar Zwak, the provincial governors spokesman, confirmed the incident and said an investigation was under way. Relations between young men and women outside marriage are taboo in Afghanistan, an extremely conservative nation with deep Islamic beliefs. Most marriages are arranged by family elders, in some cases without the couples being consulted. A man attempting to establish relations with a woman is seen as an insult to her familys honour and often leads to violent revenge. In such cases, the woman is often also killed for supposedly bringing shame to the family... The Afghan government has long said it is committed to changing this barbaric entrenched culture, but campaigners warn the problem is systemic and will take years to overcome. Considerable progress has been made since the collapse of Taliban rule in 2001 but changing attitudes could take decades. Last year, the UN reported that cases of honour killings were on the rise - a 20 per cent increase in civilian casualties was reported among women and girls in Afghanistan in 2012. Police and judiciary, particularly in rural southern parts of the country where the Taliban are most powerful, have been blamed for failing to properly prosecute perpetrators. There is also a lack of awareness among women of their rights. Full article available @ dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2473068/Afghan-woman-s-family-behead-her-lover-dump-bodies-graveyard-horrific-honour-killing.html#ixzz2kSbi1oNe
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:16:59 +0000
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