New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Afghanistan's Taliban Government has issued a document permitting husbands and fathers to punish their wives and children physically, provided the violence does not result in "broken bones or open wounds".
The 90-page document (in the Pushto language) 'De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama' (meaning Criminal Procedure Code for Courts) was approved by the Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.
(Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada is an Afghan cleric who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He has led the Taliban since 2016. He was an Islamic judge of the Sharia courts of the 1996-2001 Taliban government.)The 'Jazai Osulnama', running into 10 chapters, has 119 Articles. It codifies several restricti...