KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): There has been an increase in underage marriages of girls in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Thursday.
Afghanistan and the number of such marriages might be higher because such events went unreported in remote parts.
He said another factor behind unreported underage marriages was reluctance of families to share such information with the authorities, making it difficult to collect information about child marriages.
He said the AHRC had organized a number of meetings with families to discourage underage marriages and . . .
