By : gonbadwetland At : Mon 6 Apr 2009
Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, said that his government is reviewing a new version of the law derived from Islamic law, amid criticism the West.
Karzai said before a crowd of reporters on Saturday: "I understand the concerns of our allies in the international community", stressing that the Ministry of Justice would study the draft of the new law, the West, amid criticism that the Afghan president's goal of which satisfy the radical hard-liners such as the presidential elections, scheduled in August next.
The new law, passed by the Parliament and signed by President Hamid Karzai, regulates the personal relationship of the Shiites in the country, including the relationship between men and women, divorce and property rights.
The Supreme Commission for Elections in Afghanistan announced the start of the year to defer the elections of May until the twentieth of August next, because of security concerns and logistics.
In addition, human rights organizations criticized the new law claiming that it will blow to the Afghan women and minority Shiites, note that the Shiites represent 10 per cent of the population of Afghanistan.
Western leaders expressed their opposition to the law during the summit, "NATO," he said Saturday.
The American President, Barack Obama, said, ".. although the law is repugnant to our taking into the need for local culture, but that there are certain basic principles should support all countries in the world .. respect for women and freedoms of those important principles."
Of their committees, said the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel: "We hope that this legislation be withdrawn."
The deputy in the Parliament, Fawzia Kofi told CNN on concerns about the new law, saying: "Women and children of Afghanistan have always victims of political maneuvering, they do not have the weapons to fight."
In addition, the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the new law seriously limits the rights of women and even allowing for rape in the context of the marital relationship, which is a big drop in the situation of human rights.
UNHCR noted that "this is another indication that the human rights situation in Afghanistan back to the worst," adding that the respect for the rights of women and human rights in general is a key factor for the future of Afghanistan, security and stability, according to the United Nations.
The President criticized the Afghan internal and external view of the failure to provide basic services to the people amid a strong return of the Taliban, ousted by US-led invasion of his country in late 2001.
The fall of many of them civilians, dead rising Taliban attacks, fire or the international forces, Afghan street anger against Karzai's government.
At the field level, the leaders of the Member States of the North Atlantic Treaty, "NATO", at the conclusion of their meeting Saturday, the city, "Strasbourg," the French to send more than three thousand additional troops to Afghanistan, in addition to the 400 police officers to train Afghan security forces.
Britain will bear the bulk of the additional troops, which is due soon to join NATO forces in the fight against the insurgents "Taliban" movement and the "Al Qaeda" in Afghanistan, where they agreed to send 900 troops, in addition to the 600 soldiers from Germany, Spain and the same number of .
