Afghan women face 'daily danger'

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What did they expect? It will take generations for Afgans to get past these issues. Inculturation.


(From the BBC)

The plight of Afghan women has improved little since the fall of the Taleban, according to the human rights organisation Amnesty International.

There have been big changes for some women since the fall of the fundamentalist Taleban regime nearly two years ago - thousands of girls are now attending school and many women have returned to work.

But according to Amnesty International, most women are not being protected.

It says the risk of rape is very high, and girls as young as eight are being forced into marriage.

Women are not protected by the criminal justice system, the report says.

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1. what did "we" expect is more accurate

"World leaders, including President Bush and US Secretary of State Colin Powell promised that Afghan women's rights would 'not be negotiable'," says Amnesty International's UK director, Kate Allen.