Submitted by Acharya SD.M. M... on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 17:57
MSNBC.com has posted a special report "Behind the Veil: Will election help women in Afghanistan." This report exposes the appalling status of women in that impoverished Islamic nation, touching upon the recently passed law allowing Shi'ite Muslim men to starve their wife-slaves if the women do not let them rape them.

The report also highlights the plight of women—and their children—who have been imprisoned for having been raped and for having left their husband-slavers after being