New Taliban Decree on Divorce Formalizes Child Marriage in Afghanistan, U.N. Warns
A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Topics: seeking, requires, husband, abusive, escape, women, mediation, marriage, puberty, until, girls, Afghan, Warns, Afghanistan, Marriage, Child, Formalizes, Divorce, Decree, Taliban
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/world/asia/taliban-child-marriage-afghanistan.html