Afghanistan's first female judge appointed to the Supreme Court

Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday for the first time in the history of the country has appointed a woman judge. The incident has caused outrage across the Islamic-conservative circles. Ghani, a former Afghan Women Judges Association and head of the juvenile court judge Anisa rasulike 9-member bench of the Supreme Court for the first time was designated as the only female member. Earlier this month, he announced the appointment is delayed due to opposition from conservative Islamists. Source: AFP.