Afghan Marriage Law

Afghan Marriage Law That Lets Men Starve Wives Who Deny Sex Infuriates Activists

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 09.17.2009 | World


KABUL — Women's rights activists alleged Monday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has used a constitutional loophole to enact a law that allows...

Afghan Marriage Law No Longer Legalizes Rape

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 08.09.2009 | World


KABUL — Afghanistan's government has revised a law that stirred an international outcry because it essentially legalized marital rape, officials...