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Afghan law does not protect rape victims and for too long communities have turned to traditional forms of justice which tend to criminalize victims of a profound problem, the United Nations said on Wednesday. “This is an issue that is under-reported and to a significant extent concealed, but it is a huge problem in Afghanistan,” Norah Niland.

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