ISLAMOPHOBIA - A MYTH OR A MENACE!
What will be the Future of Afghanistan? | Morning Express | Munzir Elahi | Newz n Blues
The Taliban has once again taken control of Afghanistan. A swift offensive by the armed group toppled the government of President Ashraf Ghani and led to the handover of the country by the military.
The United States is now concluding its pull-out from the country, evacuating
American personnel and Afghan allies.
The Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan has left millions of Afghan citizens in fear, uncertain about what their Taliban rule will look like. That public alarm is acutely felt at Kabul's international airport, where thousands of people are trying to board flights out of the country. Unconfirmed reports of Taliban fighters entering the homes of Kabul residents have put people on edge. There is worry that the rights and opportunities of women and girls will be eroded.
A place in the world where more than 11,000 women have been raped in just 3 years| Munzir Elahi
Indian forces have sexually assaulted and gang-raped more than 11,000 women in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during the past three decades, according to a report from a local news outlet, which added that another 2,342 women were martyred in the same period as well.
Numerous extrajudicial killings and the rape of more than 10,000 women have shaken the global conscience.
Indian troops molested 11,224 women during the period, noting that "the Kashmiri women have been the worst victims of the harrowing conflict, which rendered 22,923 women widowed since 1989.
Over 100 women were gang-raped by Indian troops at Kunan & Poshpora in Kupwara in February 1991 while two women, Aasiya and Neelofar were abducted, raped, and subsequently killed by Indian men in uniform in Shopian in May 2009.
The APDP and Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) estimate that there are approximately 1,500 to 2,000 half-widows in the Kashmir valley.
Indian forces' aggression and violence in the illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir region has also left close to 23,000 women widowed. The 2,342 women victims were among 95,723 civilians martyred by Indian soldiers in total.