New Afghan laws still repress women

Afghan laws still repress women:

"-- Shazia is only 13. Her voice is barely audible. Around adults, she bites her nails and tugs at her black chiffon scarf, covering her face and hazel eyes.

She is one of the hardened criminals inside the dank and forbidding walls of Kabul's Provincial Jail for women. Her crime: running away from the 45-year-old husband she was forced to marry.
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'I want a divorce,' said Shazia, who like many Afghans does not have a last name. 'My husband beats me. I'm not happy with him.'
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...Aminzada said. 'We put them in prison for three to four months. This is an Islamic society." MORE... (Chicago Tribune, April 28, 2002 - http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/index.html?ts=1106417824)