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Niaz Ahmad Khan/ Syeda Seerat  Peshawar: In a tragic 24-hour period from July 13 to 14, Swat witnessed the brutal murders of five women.  On July 13, in Deolai, Tehsil Kabal, a man killed his wife and daughters before fleeing the…

AFP/APP Iraq: In a sun-baked cemetery in northern Iraq, silence lingers over a forsaken corner devoid of mourners, where women killed in gender-based violence rest in unmarked graves. Domestic violence and femicide have long plagued…