Taliban’s New Penal Code Sparks Outcry Over ‘Legalisation’ of Domestic Violence in Afghanistan
The 90-page criminal code, recently obtained by the exiled Afghan human rights organisation Rawadari, permits husbands to physically discipline their wives and children provided the punishment does not result in “broken bones or open wounds,” according to campaigners familiar with the text. Under the new provisions, a husband accused of what the code describes as […]