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53pc of Afghan women experience physical violence

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KABUL aged above 15 years endured physical violence.

Ahmad Jan Naim, MoPH planning and policy manager, told a press conference here that violence against women was not only a human rights issue, but also a health problem. “Violence damages women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health,” he added.

The MoPH has so far registered 22,957 cases of violence against women pertaining to mental, physical problems, sexual assaults, sexual harassment and forced marriages, he said.

Naim said 61 percent of women did not . . .

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