Harper 'deeply troubled' by Afghan move to limit women's rights

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday that Canada remains committed to its mission in Afghanistan, but he voiced strong concerns about new Afghan legislation that would limit women's rights in that country.

"This is antithetical to our mission in Afghanistan," Harper said in an interview with CBC News.

The new Afghan family law would reportedly make it illegal for Shia women to refuse their husbands sex, leave the house without their permission or have custody of children.

"We're deeply troubled by it. And I don't think we're by any means alone," the prime minister said during an interview in London ahead of the G20 talks that begin on Thursday.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/01/harper-interview.html
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The spin on this is interesting. There is a lot about how the government is "deeply troubled", but no "Canada will not stand for this". It is odd to think that our soldiers dying for a regime that wants to force women to have sex at their husbands' insistence. I don't know how the Obama administration can support this either.