Not exactly a positive development in Afghanistan. The protesters have a lot of courage considering the violence used against them by religious extremists. Karzai continues to say that the law will change but there's not much to suggest he has much control over the process.
A group of some 1,000 Afghans swarmed a demonstration of 300 women protesting against a new conservative marriage law on Wednesday. The women were pelted with small stones as police struggled to keep the two groups apart.
The law, passed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse — a clause that critics say legalizes marital rape. It also regulates when and for what reasons a wife may leave her home alone.
