KABUL (EVAW) Law by the parliament could be blamed for the increasing crimes against the gender.
The bill was decreed into law through an executive order by former president Hamid Karzai in July 2009, when the parliament was in recess.
During such periods, the Constitution allows the president to issue decrees for emergency purposes, but the Constitution also requires such decrees to be forwarded to parliament for approval.
The law criminalises child marriage, selling and buying women to settle disputes, assault and more than . . .
