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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report

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Taliban officials are sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, according to a U.N. report published Thursday.

Before the Taliban seized power in 2021, there were 23 state-sponsored women protection centers in Afghanistan where survivors of gender-based violence could seek refuge. Now there are none, the U.N. report said.

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