New documents released by the Afghan political party states that a girl that has reached puberty can be wed and that the silence of a ‘virgin girl’ can be interpreted as marital consent. It’s written ...

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Six-year-old Farzana was a child bride, pledged by her father to a 13-year-old boy for a sum equivalent to approximately $60. After repeated appeals from Farzana's mother, tribal chiefs intervened and ...

Child marriage has long been a problem in Afghanistan. A 2021 UNICEF report estimated that 28% of Afghan women aged 15–49 years were married before the age of 18. A new decree issued by the Taliban's ...