Protesting students want EVAW law repealed

KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of Kabul University students on Wednesday staged a protest, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights they said was un-Islamic. <--break-> Using executive authority, Karzai had created the law on elimination of violence against women (EVAW) in 2009. The protesters warned of continued and violent protests if the parliament approved the law. Carrying back, white and green flags, they even said they would join the Taliban and resort to uprising against the government if the law was not repealed in the parliament.