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

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

Neda was just 12 years old and a schoolgirl in Kabul when her parents married her off to a distant relative, a man she had never met. Her family was poor; his was better off. Neda believes money and ...

TOKYO -- Child marriages are surging in Asia and other developing countries, raising concerns that the international community may miss its goal of ending the practice by 2030 as pandemic-related ...