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Title: Afghan woman is killed 'for giving birth to a girl'
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URL Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16787534
Published: Jan 30, 2012
Author: By Bilal Sarwary BBC News
Post Date: 2012-01-30 09:22:12 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 370
Comments: 7

A woman in north-eastern Afghanistan has been arrested for allegedly strangling her daughter-in-law for giving birth to a third daughter.

The murdered woman's husband, a member of a local militia, is also suspected of involvement but he has since fled.

The murder took place two days ago in Kunduz province. The baby girl, who is now two months old, was not hurt.

The birth of a boy is usually a cause for celebration in Afghanistan but girls are generally seen as a burden.

Some women in Afghanistan are abused if they fail to give birth to boys. And this is just the latest in a series of high-profile crimes against women in the country.

Late last year a horrifying video emerged of the injuries suffered by a 15-year-old child bride who was locked up and tortured by her husband. 'Crime against humanity'

This murder took place in the village of Mahfalay, in the district of Khanabad in Kunduz.

Khanabad's police chief, Sufi Habib, told the BBC that "the mother gave birth to a third girl two months ago. The husband and mother-in-law strangled her for giving birth to a third daughter".

Senior officials told the BBC that the mother-in-law, known as Wali Hazrata, tied the feet of the 22-year old woman, who was known as Stori, while Stori's husband strangled her.

He is thought to be a fighter with an illegal armed militia which is is believed to have some political support. Local villagers say that Stori often urged her husband to lay down his arms.

"She lived in a hell not a house. But then she also asked her husband to stay home and avoid going out with these thugs," one neighbour who wished to remain anonymous told the BBC.

While militia groups have some political support, they have often been accused of violence against women, robberies and extortion.

Afghan women's rights activists brought this case to the attention of the media.

The Director for Kunduz Women's affairs, Nadira Gya, condemned the incident saying: "it was a brutal crime committed against an innocent woman".

Local religious and tribal elders in the district also condemned the killing, saying it was an act of ignorance, and calling it a crime against Islam, humanity and women.

They called for immediate punishment. Wali Hazrata appears to have made no public comment as yet.


Poster Comment:

Goofy mother-in-law strangled the wrong person since it's the male sperm that determines sex of offspring:

Chromosomes There are two chromosomes that play a role in determining sex: the X and Y chromosome. A set of two X chromosomes define female characteristics, while an XY combination designates male traits. These sex chromosomes are part of the 23 pairs normally found in human DNA strains.

Conception Gender is determined at the point of conception when a sperm permeates an egg. The woman's egg carries an X chromosome; the sperm that meets the egg carries either an X or Y chromosome.

http://www.ehow.com/about_6300762_dad-determine-baby_s-gender_.html

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#3. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

This reminds me of the story of a white man in Africa being chauffeured by a black African, who accidentally struck and killed a child in the road.

The natives pulled the white man from the back seat and beat him to death. It may have been misplaced anger but it made the locals feel better.

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#6. To: HOUNDDAWG (#3)

The natives pulled the white man from the back seat and beat him to death. It may have been misplaced anger but it made the locals feel better.

Actually, could be an innate lesson/logic in this. Outraged natives "saying" to whitey: You are much more intelligent and skillful and had you been driving instead of that black dummy you would have been much better at avoiding the child and it would still be alive.

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