“We are born free, and when somebody takes your freedom, I know the pain,” Roya Karimi told NBC News. LONDON — Onstage, wearing a small, sparkling bikini, Roya Karimi projects an image of strength as ...

Taliban regime in Afghanistan has introduced a controversial new family law regulation governing marriages, divorce and child marriage, drawing widespread criticism from international observers. The ...

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 ...

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The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

Afghan girls are increasingly becoming a form of currency, traded away as child brides to pay debts and buy food, according to a joint investigation by the Guardian and Afghan outlet Zan Times.

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 ...