Afghanistan 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 Law Lets Men Refuse To Feed Wives Who Deny Sex: Cleric

Reuters | EMMA GRAHAM | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


KABUL -- A new Afghan law that has drawn Western condemnation for restricting women's rights does not allow marital rape, as its critics says, but let...

Afghans Attack Women Protesting Controversial 'Rape Law' (SLIDESHOW)

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


KABUL — A group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage law on Wednesday. The ...