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Afghani parliamentarian and Islamic feminist Shukria Barakzai began to campaign against multiple marriages when her husband took a second wife without telling her?

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The National Assembly is Afghanistan's national legislature. It is a bicameral body, comprising two chambers:

Wolesi Jirga (Pashto: ولسي جرګه) or the House of the People: the 250-member lower house.
Mesherano Jirga (Pashto: مشرانوجرګه)) or the House of Elders: an upper house with 102 seats.

A new parliament building is being constructed with Indian assistance. The former King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, laid the foundation stone for a new parliament building on August 29, 2005.^[1]

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