UN's Human Rights report on Afghanistan

If you go through the full 17 pages of the report, you will come to the conclusion that NATO's intervention has made a big difference, having  pulled many of  the cave dwellers out of their caves. The fact that Afghan women, if they so desire, can lodge a complaint  when violence is committed against them or for domestic abuse, is IMHO, a big victory.  Having said that,  I still remain rooted in my stance that it's time for Afghans ... not NATO, to either continue to uplift themselves based on the foundations laid down by NATO ... or go back to hell.  

UNHR's report on Afghanistan
Violence against women 
42. Across Afghanistan, harmful practices and incidents of violence against women remain pervasive. On 8 December, NAMA/OHCHR released a report entitled A Way to Go: An Update on Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan, documenting mixed results in the implementation of the 2009 Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law). The report was based on 
consultations with 203 judicial, police and government officials, and monitoring of nearly 500 cases of violence against women from 18 of 34 provinces throughout Afghanistan between October 2012 and September 2013. 

43. The UNAMA/OHCHR report noted that authorities registered 28 per cent more reported incidents of violence against women under the EVAW law, but the overall use of the law by prosecutors and courts as a basis for filing indictments and obtaining convictions remained low, with more cases mediated than entering the judicial process. In 16 of the 18 provinces where detailed information on the application of the EVAW law was available, 
police and prosecutors registered 650 incidents of violence against women. This represents an increase in the number of incidents registered by police and prosecutors compared with UNAMA’s findings in December 2012. Of those 650 incidents, prosecutors used the EVAW law in 109 (17 per cent) and the courts applied the law in 60 cases, reflecting decreases from the previous period. UNAMA/OHCHR notes with concern that, despite the rise in reported incidents, the overall number of criminal indictments filed by prosecutors in cases of violence against women under all applicable laws decreased in 2013.........

44. UNAMA/OHCHR note that police and prosecutors have been mediating more cases registered under the EVAW law or referring cases to informal dispute resolution. The EVAW law neither refers to mediation nor rules it out, but permits a woman to withdraw 
her complaint at any point, which in practice facilitates mediation and is often culturally emphasized. UNAMA/OHCHR found that mediation, whether through informal or formal processes, often did not enforce penal sanctions for perpetrators under the EVAW law 
and/or the Afghan Penal Code............