A 45-year-old man who married a six-year-old girl shocked the Taliban with his abhorrent wedding ceremony, with the militant ...

Afghanistan has a serious problem with child marriage. So does Florida. In Afghanistan child marriage is associated with girls dropping out of school, sinking into poverty, being at greater risk ...

The Afghan government launched a National Action Plan this week to end child marriage, an important initiative in a country where about a third of girls marry before age 18.

Child marriage in Afghanistan, already widespread, has grown more severe under the Taliban’s ban on female education and ...

Parwana is one of many young Afghan girls sold into marriage as the country’s humanitarian crisis deepens. Hunger has pushed some families to make heartbreaking decisions, especially as the ...

A 45 year old man has shockingly married a six year old girl, a deed so appalling that even the Taliban were 'horrified'.

In a deeply disturbing case emerging from southern Afghanistan, a six-year-old girl was allegedly sold and forced into ...

The Taliban has said it’s horrified’ that a 45-year-old man has married a six-year-old girl in a sickening ceremony in ...

A shocking case of child marriage has surfaced from Afghanistan, where a six-year-old was being forced to marry a 45-year-old ...

In Afghanistan, climate change drives an uptick in child marriage Reports suggest a spike in such marriages, spurred in part by the effects of drought on the agrarian country ...

However, the south Asian country has witnessed a monumental rise in child marriages after the fall of the Afghan government. Young girls are often sold off for prices between $500 (£374) and ...