Analysts say a spate of attacks on high-profile Afghan women has heightened fears that the limited gains for women’s rights will be reversed after NATO forces withdraw next year.
Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, who represents the southern province of Kandahar in the Afghan parliament, was freed by Taleban kidnappers on September 8 in exchange for a number of insurgent prisoners and their relatives.
Kakar was kidnapped on August 15 along with her three sons and her driver as they were driving along the Kabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Ghazni. It was the first time a female member of parliament had been abducted by insurgents.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 20 2013
Analysts say a spate of attacks on high-profile Afghan women has heightened fears that the limited gains for women’s rights will be reversed after NATO forces withdraw next year.
Fariba Ahmadi Kakar, who represents the southern province of Kandahar in the Afghan parliament, was freed by Taleban kidnappers on September 8 in exchange for a number of insurgent prisoners and their relatives.
Kakar was kidnapped on August 15 along with her three sons and her driver as they were driving along the Kabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Ghazni. It was the first time a female member of parliament had been abducted by insurgents.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 20 2013