A 45-year old man in Afghanistan got married to a six-year old, but when the Taliban administration found out, they instructed him to wait till the girl turns nine before bringing her home, according ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) - When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...

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