A new Taliban law opens the door to child marriage even further

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

She was told to marry in a country which bans girls' education. So she got in a taxi and fled

Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.

Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new law, activists warn

Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree ...
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Taliban child marriage law has no minimum age for girls

The UN Women's special representative in Afghanistan said the new legislation represented 'another serious development' in ...

UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage

The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls.

Horror as Taliban pass sick law so girls as young as 9 can get married

The militant Islamist group has linked the age of consent to the onset of puberty, allowing girls as young as nine to be sold ...

Girls' education ban leaves few options for Afghan women

A spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan has refused to answer a BBC question on when or whether girls and women will be allowed to go back to school. The Taliban government ban ...