Afghanistan passes law...

Afghanistan passes law making it "illegal for a Shia Muslim woman to refuse to have sex with her husband, to leave the house without his permission or have custody of children."

http://americasquarterly.org/node/609

Dear Steve

I believe that was something worked out between Karzai and a specific Muslim sect in return for legislative approval and his signature and their support for re-election.

Ron Getty - SF Libertarian
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Well it's good to see our soldiers died in the name of freedom.

Dear Steve;

Yes the US support of the Mayor of Kabul ooopps I meant the President of Kabul Karzai is so crucial to fomenting democracy across because Karzai is so westernized along with the others of his ilk the US gives him the support instead of those nasty old men who were rags and turbans and fought the Russians out of Afghanistan.

Meanwhile the US goes about winning the hearts and minds of the villagers by killing innocent men and women and children in accidental bombings and accidental raids on Taliban shelters where the only people killed are villagers who would much rather be left alone.

Ron Getty - SF Libertarian
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"Our soldiers" ---> the U.S. government's soldiers.

  According to the article, "...amid mounting international pressure—from Canada, the U.S., Great Britain, and numerous other countries—Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced that the law will be amended so that it 'will not have any concerns on any account of human rights and especially the rights of the Afghan people.'"

  Presumably that international pressure would carry a lot less weight if Afghanistan weren't full of military forces from other countries.

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