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Afghanistan: “Honor-Killing” in Afghanistan: Father Kills His Daughter and Her Lover

(Afghanistan) “Honor-Killing in Afghanistan: Father Kills His Daughter and Her Lover”
— “A father brutally murdered his daughter and a young boy for having love affairs in Samangan province, Northern Afghanistan. He stabbed them many times with a knife.”
— “The girl was named Shakila and was 18 years old and the boy named Ghulam Sakhi was 22. This savage incident took place at 3 in the morning in Haji Umar Village of Aibak city (centre of Samangan).”
— “This year (solar year) 24 cases of violence have been recorded in the Women’s Affair”
— “According to the AIHRC in 2008 more than 2000 cases of violence had been recorded in the country including cases of murder, suicide, self-immolation and rape.”