Afghanistan Criminal Code

On the eve of Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the Birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree ordering the release of 101 prisoners from Pol-e-Charkhi and women’s jails in Kabul.

A new Afghan law will allow men to attack their wives, children and sisters without fear of judicial punishment, undoing years of slow progress in tackling violence in a country blighted by so-called “honour” killings, forced marriage and vicious domestic abuse.