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.

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 ...

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 ...

The story of 9-year-old Parwana’s planned marriage was an instant sensation. On Nov. 1, CNN broadcast a report that told a tale about an Afghan family who, facing desperate poverty, sold their ...

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.

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

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… ...

Afghan women are being pushed into forced marriages due to poverty. ... “As most teenage girls are still not allowed to go back to school, the risk of child marriage is now even higher.

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 ...