U.N. officials urged Afghan authorities to rescind the decree, which also criminalizes criticism of the de facto leadership ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have decreed they are banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move likely meant to address criteria the international community considers a precondition to ...

The Taliban’s new penal code allows husbands to punish wives and children, limits protections for women, and has been condemned by human rights groups as legitimising domestic abuse.

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 ...