"Signs are ###### that a rollback of women's ###### has begun," warned Heather Barr. ###### is a senior researcher for ###### Rights Watch.]]>
Taliban's Death Threats

Afghanistan is still a deeply ###### Islamic country. Some village girls ###### young as 9 or 10 ###### forced by their families to ###### older men. Girls who flee ###### marriages are sometimes beaten and ###### killed by their families.
There ###### clear gains. Women now have ###### right to vote and some ###### in parliament, the army and ###### national police force.]]>