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unknown	Posted on Mon Oct 24 2011 2:07am KABUL -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his administration is determined to improve the status of women in the post-Taliban country. Authentic Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jerseys. Like yester years I once again call on the religious scholars, elders and influential figures to fight against traditions that irritate women and violate their rights, he told an audience of hundreds of women and men gathered to mark International Women Day. Related readings: Rose Fund helps women pay for cosmetic surgery Legislator: Sex discrimination still problem for Italian women Most South African women financially independent He said that forced marriage, underage marriage, selling girls and forcibly giving hand of a girl to a man to settle tribal enmity are against Islam and against the constitution and must be checked. In the war-torn Afghanistan where the literacy rate is low and tribalism rules in many parts of this land, women have little say in choosing their life partners. Women status has been considerably improved since the collapse of Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Taliban hierarchy had banned girls from going to school and confined women to their houses. However, in todays Afghanistan 35 percent out of some 7 million school children are girls. Afghan women in the post-Taliban country are involved in political, economic and social activities. President Karzai also cal
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