Posted on 01/05/06
Big decisions elude Afghan women
KABUL -- Women, says Jamil Karzai, are too weak and too soft-hearted to serve as judges on Afghanistan's top court.Mr. Karzai, a nephew of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, is an influential MP in the country's first democratically elected parliament. He is explaining why his uncle refused to appoint any women to the Supreme Court and why he agrees with the decision.
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