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

Afghanistan: The Taliban have introduced a controversial new family law in the country, triggering global concern over the ...

The new regulations say that marriages involving female children may later be annulled after puberty, but only with the approval of a Taliban court. | World News ...

The United Nations and rights groups say Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained at least three journalists on ...

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The new law lays out rules on a range of family matters, including child marriage, missing spouses, allegations of adultery, ...

Pakistan’s Khawaja Asif accused Afghanistan of acting as India’s proxy against Islamabad, while India rejected the ...

Sources in the Pakistani Taliban told RFE/RL that the group’s leadership has been ordered to relocate from the Afghan capital ...

Young Afghans share with researchers how social anxiety, loneliness, and depression lingered long after fleeing the Taliban ...

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has enacted a new family law regulation, "Principles of Separation Between Spouses," which ...

The Taliban’s new family law decree in Afghanistan says the silence of a “virgin girl” can be treated as consent to marriage ...