"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

The Taliban has issued a new law on divorce that explicitly acknowledges child marriage is permitted in Afghanistan. Two ...

Afghanistan’s regime has formalised what the UN calls “gender apartheid” by legalising child marriage and the sale of infant ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages ...

She's had to flee Afghanistan for her life. And she's one of many whose experience offers a window into what the Taliban takeover may hold for the... The Taliban Swore To Kill An Afghan Doctor For ...

The Taliban justify their gender apartheid as ‘sharia-compliant’, although it is in direct conflict with the core teachings ...

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