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Kurv Magazine, Congratulates Avstev Group on being appointed Ball Watch distributor.

The Avstev Group , Australia’s largest privately owned watch distributor (Raymond Weil, Frederique Constant, Girard-Perregaux and TechnoMarine) has been appointed the distributor for Ball Watch.
 
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Ball Watch – Since 1891, accuracy under adverse conditions.

 Taliban continues to kill in the name of God.

It's appropriate to stand up and be counted to raise the awareness of injustice and oppression.
Kurv. Magazine's current issue published a photo editorial Forbidden by Taliban, by Photographer Christopher Klettermayer, which focuses upon the Taliban’s radical interpretation of the Sharia code of Law during the Taliban regime in Afghanistan 1996-2001. Specifically the restrictive laws towards women and society which highlights this radical Sunni faction of the Muslim faith.
 
The story finishes with the following comment from Dr. Sima Samar's (Chair, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission) Testimony Before The Subcommittee On International Operations And Organisations, Democracy, Human Rights, And Global Women’s Issues And Subcomittee On Near Eastern And South And Central Asian Affairs Of The Senate Foreign Relations Committee On February 23, 2010.

“Finally, I would conclude that the only solution for the problem in Afghanistan would be the promotion of democracy and values of human rights and women’s rights. The job in Afghanistan is not done. Short term fixes are not going to solve the problem. By joining our hands together, we will be able to complete the job much faster.”

Sadly, the Taliban's extremist influence still plays a large role in Afghanistan today, despite the world's attention and armies fighting for a free and tolerant Afghanistan.

The following report from Kabul by France24.com, highlights the continued discrimination against women in some parts of Afghanistan.

"Taliban publicly flog, execute pregnant woman for alleged adultery

The Taliban publicly whipped then executed a pregnant widow for an alleged "illicit affair", then dumped her body in a government-controlled area, the police said Monday. The killing is a grim reminder of the Taliban's regime in the late 1990s.
 
AFP - The Taliban publicly flogged and then executed a pregnant Afghan widow by firing three shots into her head for alleged adultery, police said on Monday.
 
Bibi Sanubar, 35, was kept in captivity for three days before she was shot dead in a public trial on Sunday by a local Taliban commander in the Qadis district of the rural western province Badghis. The Taliban accused Sanubar of having an "illicit affair" that left her pregnant. She was first punished with 200 lashes in public before being shot, deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Mohammad Sayeedi told AFP.
 
"She was shot in the head in public while she was still pregnant," Sayeedi said.
 
Sayeedi said a local Taliban commander, Mohammad Yousuf, carried out the execution before the woman's body was dumped in an area under government control. 
The execution is a grim reminder of the Taliban's harsh six-year rule, from 1996 to 2001 in Afghanistan. The radical Islamists staged public stonings or lashings of those found to have committed adultery or sex outside marriage. 
The then-Taliban government would also chop off the hands and feet of those accused of theft and robbery. 
But a Taliban spokesman denied Monday that the militia was responsible for Sanubar's death. "We have not done anything like that in Badghis or any other province," said Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, calling the report "propaganda" by foreigners and the Western-backed Afghan government. The Taliban is not a unified national movement and small groups operate shadow government structures autonomously in pockets of the insurgent south.
 
The man who allegedly had an affair with Sanubar was not punished. Head of Badghis provincial council Mohammad Nasir Nazaari confirmed the execution and said the Qadis district was entirely under Taliban control.
 The deputy head of the religious council for western Afghanistan, Mohammad Kabaabiani, said the execution ran counter to Islamic principles.
Head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in western Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir Rahimi, condemned the killing. "Any such trial is unacceptable and is a violation of human rights. All trials must take place in an authorised court observing every single measure of justice," said Rahimi.
 Since their ouster in 2001, the hardline Taliban militants have executed many people they accused of spying for foreign forces, including at least one woman who was shot dead in Kandahar.
 The insurgents last year publicly executed a young couple accused of eloping in Nimroz province, by firing squad in front of a mosque."

Thinking of submitting a photographic shoot for KURV.022?


Submission Deadline: 20 September 2010.  (sooner is always appreciated)
Theme: ICONS.

Icons provides a broad photographic theme for Kurv 022 fashion shoots, it can include, but is not limited to iconic, people, places, architecture, institutions, arts, products, and culture.