A quarter of a million more girls are permanently excluded from secondary education each year ...

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Restrictions on girls' education and women's employment in Afghanistan are weakening the country's economy and could have ...

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 ...

Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the first time by the ...

The Taliban has officially recognised child marriages with a number of harrowing guidelines set out under its new family regulations. Months after Afghanistan 'legalised' domestic violence in a ...

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over the arrest and detention of women in a western province ...

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HERAT: Afghan residents in the western city of Herat said they had witnessed multiple women detained by the Taliban government’s morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has drawn criticism ...

Born under Taliban rule and nearly sold into marriage as a child, Sonita Alizadeh turned to music and transformed her survival story into a campaign against child marriage, urging the world to pay ...

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) did not specify how many women had been affected, though local media ...

Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer ...