Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
Under Justice Shinwari's leadership, the Supreme Court has variously attempted to ban co-education, tried to eliminate a rival to President Hamid Karzai from the 2004 elections, and jailed newspaper editors, all in the name of Islam. Under the Constitution, Mr. Karzai must appoint a new Supreme Court. He sent his slate of nine justices to Parliament for approval. These appointments mark President Karzai's first opportunity to compose Afghanistan's Supreme Court under a fully constitutional government.