WORLD BRIEFING / AFGHANISTAN
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Afghanistan’s president to review carefully a new law that critics say legalizes marital rape, a spokesman said.
Merkel was on a surprise visit to northern Afghanistan to meet German troops and view rebuilding efforts. The spokesman said she had spoken by telephone with President Hamid Karzai on Sunday.
During that conversation, Merkel “appealed urgently” to Karzai to review “very carefully” the much-criticized new law, which says husbands have the right to sex every fourth night unless the wife is ill.
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