An Afghan man cut off his wife's nose with a kitchen knife after she
asked for a divorce, officials said on Friday, amid a surge in domestic
violence triggered by the coronavirus lockdown .
The mother of a seven-year-old boy was trying to leave her abusive
husband, who had prevented her from moving out of their house in the
southwestern province of Paktika, said Khoshboo Maidanwal, head of the
provincial women's affairs department .
The attack on the 24-year-old victim happened earlier this month and
police arrested the husband this week. The woman was sent to her
father's home after treatment .
'The lockdown due to the coronavirus has made domestic situation even worse for women,' she said, adding that one reason behind the increase could be that more women are reporting abuse.
Rights groups estimate that more than half Afghan women face domestic abuse at some point in their lives.
Afghanistan has recorded a total of 6,053 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 153 fatalities.
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