Although the Afghan Constitution forbids the marriage of girls under the age of 16, tribal customs often condone marriage once puberty is reached, or even earlier. Flogging is also illegal.

US non-profit rescues Afghan child bride, 9, who was sold to 55-year-old man in forced marriage because her father needed money for food. Parwana Malik was sold for the equivalent of £1,600 to a ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – A survey has found that children of Afghan families returning from Pakistan who don't go to school are increasingly at risk of early marriage and child labor. The survey by ...

A 45-year-old man married a six-year-old girl in Helmand, Southern Afghanistan, sparking outrage and renewed concern over ...

Through child marriage or paid adoption, Afghan girls bear brunt of crisis. April 14, 2022. 10 min. Zahra stands with her mother, Parigul, in their home in Herat, Afghanistan, last month.

KABUL — A 6-year-old girl in rural Afghanistan was reportedly sold in marriage recently to a Muslim cleric in his 50s or 60s. She was later rescued and held in a shelter, while the man was ...

Thanks to the kindness of strangers, this shy little girl is getting another chance at life. Taj Mohammad said it broke his heart when he realized he had to marry off his then 6-year-old daughter N… ...

In Afghanistan's most underdeveloped regions, attitudes towards education and child marriage appear to have changed significantly since the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2002, according ...

A few months later, a marriage proposal came. It was unexpected. My mother’s cousin, ... I Was an Afghan Child Bride 'THEN WHAT?' Overnight, I was turned from 14 to 19.

Afghan police have arrested two men in the murder of a 15-year-old girl after her father refused a marriage proposal, the Telegraph reports. ... making illegal child marriage, ...

An Afghan mother forced her daughter into marriage. Six weeks later the 21-year-old ended up dead - Sakina Muhammad Jan was found guilty of forcing her 21-year-old daughter, Ruqia Haidari, to ...