Xinhua - English

I applaud this UN statement. I just wish they had a little more credibility on stuff like this. This kind of language for 3 women and not much more for tens of thousands of people in the Sudan. As it is, it just seems like low-risk posturing, knowing that they (the UN) won't actually have to do any real work about this case. Whereas, in the Sudan, they are actually in place and responsible and failing.

Xinhua - English: "KABUL, May 5 (Xinhuanet) -- The United Nations on Thursday called upon Afghan government to initiate a probe into the murder of three women in northern Afghanistan and bring the culprits to justice, UN spokesperson Ariane Quentier said.

'It is particularly important that the authorities spare no effort to bring swiftly the perpetrators of this crime to justice,' she told journalists while quoted a statement of spokesperson of the special representative of UN secretary general for Afghanistan."