The US special representative for Afghan women’s affairs, Rina Amiri on November 29, said that Afghan women are real heroes and have stood up against threats, violence, and prisons, reports Hasht-e Subh. She added: “On the International Day of Women’s Human Rights Defenders, it is difficult to find a more inspiring example of courage than the Afghan women and girls who fight for the right to education and work and to feed their families.”