The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission reports that the majority of women in the country are subject to domestic violence, which is driving them to suicide and drug addiction. One hundred and fifty women have killed themselves by self-immolation in the west of the country.

Most Afghan wedding marriages take place before the woman reaches sixteen years old, and weddings have been recorded where the bride is as young as 6 years old; multiple wives are widely accepted, and 38% of weddings are forced. And worst of all the, women are exchanged to settle feuds in a custom called 'badal' or ex-change; especially during murder feuds between two families or clan.

Although the report does not mention honour killing, Amnesty International attest the 'honour ethic' is very much a part of Afghan life.

On the other hand, domestic violence is widespread in Afghanistan. The violence against women in post-Taliban Afghanistan remains widespread, and much of it continues to go unreported. The U.N. survey finds that women continue to suffer from high rates of domestic abuse in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

The report says violence typically occurs in the home at the hand of a spouse. The victims frequently decline to report domestic abuse because of the social dignity attached. "If a woman goes and talks about violence against the husband, this is considered immodest, and she is supposed to have committed dishonour to her family. So this is the biggest reason why women don't come out." Neither the government nor families are doing enough to prevent violence directed at women.

Prior to the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001, Afghanistan's women were barred from voting, formal schooling, and employment outside the home. Since then, some gains have been made, including the right to participate in elections and stand female candidates for parliament.

But the report concludes Afghanistan's women are still too often treated as second-class citizens. They are not given their due rights and position in social and political lives and they suffer in the corner of their houses, though they have the capability to be an important part of social and political lives.