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Shabana Azmi addresses all-around acme on women's corruption in Afghanistan
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By Subhash K. Jha

Mumbai, July 11 (IANS) Ignoring her family's affair for her safety, Bollywood extra Shabana Azmi visited Afghanistan this anniversary on an allurement by the UN to be the capital apostle at a all-around acme to abode the affair of abandon adjoin women.

Shabana larboard for Kabul Tuesday night although her family, including bedmate Javed Akhtar, bidding abhorrence for her assurance in the war ravaged country.

"Danger is fun," the extra said afore departing.

A best of women's rights, Shabana has represented India on several all-embracing platforms but she acquainted this honour in a country accepted to repress women was of appropriate importance.

"The accountable was 'Silence Is Abandon - End The Corruption Of Women In Afghanistan'. It was accurate by a address by the Human Rights addition of the UN and the Human Rights Commission in Kabul," the extra said.

"The appointment discussed the allegation on how women are advised in Afghanistan. We talked about means to strengthen law administration and administrative institutions to barrier abandon adjoin women," she added.

Recalling an beforehand cruise to Kabul, Shabana said: "I had gone to Kabul as allotment of a Bollywood appointment headed by Sunil Dutt Saab during admiral Najibullah's regime. He hosted a banquet for us area he sang the Mukesh amount 'Mujhhe tumse kuch bhi na chahiye'. Jadoo (Javed Akhtar) joked with him and asked whether he was singing it for the Russians!"

 
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