U.N.’s Ban disturbed by Afghan impunity on violence against women

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Afghan girl stands among widows clad in burqas during cash for work project by humanitarian organisation CARE International in KabulBy Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that there was a deeply disturbing "pervasive climate of impunity" in Afghanistan for the abusers of women and girls and he called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government to take action. Despite a fall in civilian casualties in Afghanistan for the first time in several years, the United Nations said last month more than 300 women and girls were killed and more than 560 injured in 2012, a 20 percent increase from 2011. …

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