President Hamid Karzai said he had ordered a review of a new law that critics say makes it legal for men to rape their wives, responding to criticism from around the world that included sharp comments from President Obama.
The law is intended to regulate family life inside Afghanistan's Shiite community, which makes up about 10% of the country's 30 million people. Under one article, Shiite husbands are given the right to demand sex every fourth night unless the wife is ill.
