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There's No Hope for Afghanistan If Women Aren't Involved
Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009.
What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.
Taliban Gunmen Murder Leading Afghan Women's Rights Activist
Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. April 14, 2009.
"This cold-blooded assassination puts in question the direction that Afghanistan is heading," warns the director of the UN Development Fund for Women.
Women Who Took On the Taliban -- and Lost
Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. October 3, 2008.
Of five prominent Afghani women interviewed three years ago by
The Independent
, three are dead and a fourth has had to flee.
On the Murder of Afghanistan's Most Famous Policewoman
Nushin Arbabzadah, Comment Is Free. October 1, 2008.
The Afghan policewoman Malalai Kakar was a crusading defender of women and a model of Afghan womanhood far older than the Taliban.