GARDEZ (Pajhwok): About 285 cases of violence against women Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said on Wednesday.
Zarmina Shams, AIHRC provincial women’s committee head in Paktia, told a gathering marking International Human Rights Day the 34 murders included seven suicide cases and 27 honour killings.
Shams said 109 women had attempted suicide but they were saved by family members or treated in hospitals soon after eating poison.
According to her, other cases were about beating women, denial of alimony, not allowing them to visit . . .
