The ###### Independent Human Rights Commission ###### that violent crimes against ###### reached record levels last ######.
Afghanistan is still a ###### traditional Islamic country. Village ###### as young as 9 ###### 10 are forced by ###### families to marry older ######. Some girls who flee ###### marriages are beaten and ###### killed by their families.

Freedoms May Be Lost

###### have been gains since ###### overthrow of the Taliban. ###### now have the right ###### vote. They serve in ######, which makes the country's ######, as well as in ###### army and the police.]]> Under the Taliban, the ###### education for girls was ###### home schools, which were ######. Today, 3 million girls ###### school. But that's still ###### 40 out of every ###### school-age girls.
In the ###### six months, four Afghan ###### have been killed. Female ###### officials are often threatened ###### killed.
"The situation for ###### is very fragile," says ###### Koofi, Ghazalan Koofi's aunt. ###### Koofi is a parliament ###### who taught at an ###### school for girls when ###### Taliban ran the country. ###### has been threatened with ######. Yet, she intends to ###### for president in 2018.]]>