Repression of women in "liberated" Afghanistan
"Even women travelling in taxis have been arrested for being alone with a man, and sometimes taken to a hospital to determine if they have had sex recently. And if they are single, whether they are virgins. Girls deemed improperly veiled have been beaten.

"The US-led coalition justified the war against the Taliban in part by promising that it would liberate Afghanistan's women," Ms Coursen-Neff said. "In fact, by supporting repressive warlords, the international community has broken that promise and forsaken women's rights."

Repression of women in "liberated" Afghanistan
"Even women travelling in taxis have been arrested for being alone with a man, and sometimes taken to a hospital to determine if they have had sex recently. And if they are single, whether they are virgins. Girls deemed improperly veiled have been beaten.

"The US-led coalition justified the war against the Taliban in part by promising that it would liberate Afghanistan's women," Ms Coursen-Neff said. "In fact, by supporting repressive warlords, the international community has broken that promise and forsaken women's rights."

Repression of women in "liberated" Afghanistan "Even women travelling in taxis have been arrested for being alone with a man, and sometimes taken to a hospital to determine if they have had sex recently. And if they are single, whether they are virgins. Girls deemed improperly veiled have been beaten. "The US-led coalition justified the war against the Taliban in part by promising that it would liberate Afghanistan's women," Ms Coursen-Neff said. "In fact, by supporting repressive warlords, the international community has broken that promise and forsaken women's rights."