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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nalindax" data-source="post: 10955102" data-attributes="member: 188219">fghan Woman's Ears & Nose Amputated                                                                                'Dishonoured' 2nd Wife Violated on Islamic Ritual of Sacrifice                             By <a href="http://www.orato.com/profile/abdulhadi-hairan" target="_blank">Abdulhadi Hairan</a>               December 25th, 2007 - 09:40 am PT                          Qalat: A man named Mumtaz in the southern Zabul province of  Afghanistan first shaved his wife Nazia’s head and then cut off her ears  and nose and damaged her teeth on the first day of Eid ul Adha, an  Islamic ritual of sacrifice.  Hospital sources in Qalat said Nazia, 17, was admitted on Wednesday  (First day of Eid) evening and now she is in a critical condition due to  the severe beating. Provincial Police Chief of Zabul, Gen. Mohammad  Yaqub Khan, when contacted, confirmed this brutal incident and confessed  that the police were still unable to find the man to arrest him as he  disappeared shortly after.  The culprit's brother is a police officer currently under  investigation. According to a resident of the area, the husband and wife  recently moved to Zabul from eastern Paktiya province.  The abused woman Nazia, lying on her hospital bed and uncertain about  her future, said her husband, twice her age, had suspicions about her  behaviour. She added "I swore to him many times that I was faithful to  him, but he did not believe. He beat me. A few days before Eid, he  shaved my head and beat me severely. On the first day of the Eid, he cut  my ears, then my nose, then damaged my teeth and beat me until my hands  and legs were broken. I was his second wife. He killed his first wife."  A report of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/pashto/afghanistan/story/2007/12/071222_yb-af-zabul-woman-nose-cut.shtml" target="_blank">BBCPashto</a>  adds that many women in Zabul province  protested on Saturday against  this brutal act and demanded his immediate arrest. "We condemn this and  we declare it the worst violation against the women," said a protester.  Fauzia Younasi, the Provincial Director of the Women's Department has  visited the hospital and shown her concern. She ordered the doctors to  do their best to save her life. "She has suffered so much, she is beaten  severely, her ears and nose are cut off, her teeth are damaged so she  can't speak," she told media.  Residents of the area said Nazia had been married for a year.  Violations of human rights, especially in the southern and eastern  provinces, are still common. "Legal reforms designed to protect women  are not implemented and women continue to be detained for breaching  social mores. There has been a rise in cases of 'honour' killings and  self-immolation by women," says <a href="http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Asia-Pacific/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Amnesty International 2007 Report on Afghanistan</a>.</blockquote>

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