Tens of women commit self-immolation to get rid of their misery

rawa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:17:55 -0800

Tens of women commit self-immolation every month across Afghanistan to get rid of their miseries and destitution. according to UNIFEM survey: "65% of the 50,000 widows in Kabul see suicide the only option."

Here are some horrible pictures of few of the women who have committed self-immolation

Background Music: "Steps to Peace"
For Deora Bodley, She was killed in terrorist attacks of Sep.11, 2001.
Composed by her father.

Gulbar, an Afghan woman who is Burnt by Her Husband

rawa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:40:27 -0800

Gulbar was admitted to a local hospital in Badghis province in Northern Afghanistan in November 2005. She has been burnt by her husband. ... all » According to her mother, she married a man 3 years ago but he was very cruel person and was torturing her on daily bases. Finally Gulbar run away to her mother’s house. The next day her husband came and asked her to return home otherwise he will kill her, she refused to go with him, when he found her alone in the house, throw petrol on her body, set her on fire and he himself escaped.

12-y-old girl in Afghanistan victim of violence by husband

rawa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:11:26 -0800

Herat province -- Afghanistan, Sep.2007: This 12-y-old girl has been given in a forced marriage and she faces violence by her husband everyday. Family violence and child marriage is common across Afghanistan and tens of women every month commit self-immolation to get rid of their desolation.

She says: "Please help me get divorce, next time he will kill me, he injured me with a knife."

Mass Graves of Civilian Victims found in Afghanistan

rawa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:31:23 -0800

July 16, 2007: Mass graves of around 1000 victims was found and uncovered by police in suburbs of Kabul in a desert called Chamtala.

Some believe that it is from the crimes committed by Russian puppet regime in 80's but others say they have been killed by Mujahideen warlords from 1992 to 1996 when Afghanistan was in civil war of the Northern Alliance. Police Chief has been threatened by unknown people to keep silent about these graves.

Afghan widows stage protest in front of UN office in Kabul asking for prosecution of war criminals

rawa — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:25:48 -0800

AFP, August 5, 2007: KABUL -- More than 100 people, many of them widows, called Sunday for international help in identifying remains found in the latest mass grave to be uncovered in Afghanistan.

The women, joined by a few children and men, gathered outside the UN mission in Kabul, where they held up images of their loved ones as they called for those behind the atrocities to be brought to justice.

The latest grave was found last month, three kilometers (two miles) outside Kabul, at the site of weapons bunkers dating back to the 1979 to 1989 Soviet occupation.