West still failing to protect Afghan women Afghan women still face shocking patterns of rape, domestic violence, forced marriage and the routine denial of justice, with the international community failing to protect them in the two years since the Taliban regime ended, according to Amnesty International. Jonathan Steele Monday October 6, 2003 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1056708,00.html --------------------------------------------- FURTHER REFERENCES GO - "search perceptions" - in SEARCH-ENGINE file-ID www.perceptions.couk.com/politics7.txt