The latest news from Afghanistan

From the Toronto Star:

In remarks made Tuesday, Karzai backed a “code of conduct” written by the Ulema Council of 150 leading Muslim clerics ... [which]... says women should not travel without a male guardian or mingle with men in public places such as schools, offices or markets. It also allows wife-beating in the case of a “sharia-compliant” reason, although it rejects forced marriage and the bartering of women to settle disputes.

I've still never quite figured out how invading Afghanistan was supposed to achieve massive changes in their society.