BAHARIN LEHIB

Afghanistan- Femicide is the most extreme manifestation of violence against women and girls. In Afghanistan, women have been subjected to all forms of violence. Since 1978, Afghan women have been victims of not only the patriarchal mindset, but also fundamentalism. The Taliban and other fundamentalist groups see women not as human beings, but as goods and tools. They have oppressed women and girls in the name of Islam.

Despite the persistent and courageous struggle of women against this oppression, fundamentalists continue to promote gender-based violence and a culture of femicide. Perpetrators of femicide often go unpunished in the country. No serious effort is made to identify, arrest, and punish the perpetrators of femicide.

In Afghanistan, at least eight women were killed by men and three others died under suspicious circumstances from May 24 to June 10, according to the statistics compiled by NuJINHA Persian from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies.

On May 24, a man killed his wife and parents in Adraskan district of Herat province.

On May 27, the body of a young woman was found in Tarshid area of Warsaj district, Afghanistan’s Takhar province

On May 28, A clash between two families killed four people, including two women, in Afghanistan’s Khost province.

On May 30, a man identified as Ziaullah (38) killed his parents in the city of Jalalabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.

On June 1, a woman was killed by her husband in Khulm district, Afghanistan’s Samangan province.

On June 6, a young couple killed themselves in the Barmal district of Afghanistan’s Paktika province. According to local reports, they killed themselves due to the high cost of their planned wedding.

On June 10, a 25-year-old woman was beheaded by her husband in the 15th police district of Kandahar city.