Afghan accused of strangling wife who gave birth to third girl

REPORTING FROM KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Another horrific case of violence against women came to light Monday when Afghan authorities reported that a husband in a northern province, angry that his wife had not yet borne him a son, strangled her soon after she gave birth to their third child, a girl.

The killing in Kunduz province came weeks after a 15-year-old child bride in neighboring Baghlan province was rescued following a months-long ordeal at the hands of her in-laws, during which she was beaten, imprisoned in a squalid room and had her fingernails pulled out, authorities said. That case generated outrage both inside and outside the country.

Domestic abuse is commonplace in Afghanistan, but women’s rights groups have grown increasingly anxious amid efforts by the U.S. administration and the government of President Hamid Karzai to embark on peace negotiations with the Taliban movement, which dealt harshly with women during its five-year reign, forbidding them from schooling and employment.

The police chief in the Khanabad district of Kunduz province, Sufi Habib, identified the victim as a 22-year-old woman named Sthorai. He said her 24-year-old husband, Sher Mohammad, is being sought in her death, and that her mother-in-law has been implicated as well.

The woman's brother told police his sister had tried to get Mohammad to give up his gang activity and get a regular job, and that Sthorai's husband and mother-in-law had berated and abused her after the births of her first two girls, with beatings escalating after the latest birth.

O Afeganistão tem um regime nazi a decorrer no mundo, às escancaras, não escondidos em campos especiais, onde os homens são a Gestapo e as mulheres os judeus. Batem-lhes todos os dias, violam-nas, queimam-nas, raptam-nas, exploram-nas, torturam-nas e, fianalmente, matam-nas. E ninguém faz nada. Nada de nada! E os EUA preparam-se para negociações com os talibãs para os deixarem no poder. É o mesmo que negociar com Hitler a Gestapo ser governo.

As prioridades neste mundo não são as pessoas.