As many as 400 women and girls are killed for honour in Afghanistan in last two years.Report has been revealed by Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and more shockingly,  majority of cases of same nature has been unreported because of family traditions.

Honour killings most often involved women being murdered by their family to avenge shame being brought through behavior not acceptable in their families.Acid throwing is one common example connected to this honour killing. 15% of honour killing cases have been committed by police officers raising concerns on whether law is same for all people or law is just made for few people.

During 2013, violence against women hit record level and it was disappointing as many cases were not reported in Afghanistan. According to head of Afghanistan independent human rights commission Seema Samar legal, social, economical, traditional issues are prime motive behind increased number of honour killings in Afghanistan.

Majority of reported honour killings involve brothers or fathers being perpetrators murdering them for bring shame to the family. Afghan society is male dominant and minor mistake by women are considered big sin and women are subjected to brutal punishment.

According to AIHCR statistics, around 21% of honour killings were committed by husbands of the victim, 7% were committed by brothers of victims, 4% by fathers of the victim and rest of reported cases have been committed by other family members of the victim.Very few cases are reported and majority of cases are not reported specially in rural areas where victims do not have access to media to bring these issues into notice of concerned authorities.

Weak institutions and those laws aimed at protecting women are hard to implement making it more difficult for women in Afghanistan.According to AIHCR, in majority of reported cases, rape victims are blamed for the crime and they are punished. Agencies working to protect women in Afghanistan do not see any improvement in situation for women and they fear violence will increase as international troops are due to leave Afghanistan.

According to experts, situation will only get better if laws aimed at protecting women are implemented and those culprits are dealt with iron hand and they are punished for their crime. Judiciary role is very important in this regard. strong laws are needed to control violence.