Deux accusés, dont la veuve de l'assassin du commandant Massoud, seront jugés à partir de mercredi prochain pour avoir créé des sites de propagande extrémiste et diffusé sur la Toile des images de mises à mort.
"If you are a female teacher in the NWFP, there is a sense of danger. Often, militants have found the easiest way to close schools is by targeting teachers."
"When each and every person's unqualified opinion is considered a fatwa we lose a tool that is of the utmost importance for reigning in extremism and preserving the flexibility and balance of Islamic law."
Australia's top Islamic cleric, who came under fire last year when he likened women without head scarves to ''uncovered meat,'' stepped down Sunday. Muslim leaders appointed a new mufti.
The murder of two female journalists in Afghanistan in the space of a week has brought home the risks that newswomen face in a country where women are not expected to ask questions.
