JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Telephonic contacts between boys and girls help them arrange elopement and such incidents are on the rise in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Tuesday.
Anisa Imrani, the women’s affairs director, during an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News regretted religious scholars were not playing their role in controlling growing incidents of elopement.
She said as many as 220 incidents of violence against women took place this year including 80 cases in which girls fled homes.
“Domestic violence, elopements, denial of . . .
