Police prevent forced marriage, arrest 3 men in Khost
Security forces have thwarted a forced marriage and arrested three individuals in the Gurbaz district of southeastern Khost province.
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Forced marriages steal future from some girls
In a quiet corner of Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, 20-year-old Sabera reflects on her life altered by forced marriage.
Early marriages snatch joys from children’s lives
Kharaman, a 42-year-old mother in western Ghor province, who was forced by poverty to marry off her 10-year-old daughter, says that at nightwhen she goes to sleep, she wishes her daughter was in her arms.
Forced marriage, divorce make Shamsia’s life miserable
Shamsia, 35, one of the victims of forced marriages, is disabled on both legs going through painful life since her miseries started by forced marriage and further aggravated by divorce because she was unable to give birth to…
Kunduz: 12-year-old girl’s forced marriage prevented
The Ministry of Vice and Virtue (MoVV) has prevented the forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl to 50-year-old man in northern Kunduz province. Mohammad Akif Sadiq, spokesman for the ministry, tweeted that MoVV had stopped the marriage in…
Man who forcibly married 2 sisters jailed for 17 years
The appellate court in eastern Nangarhar province has sentenced a man to 17 years in prison for forcibly marrying two sisters at once. Months ago, the convict, Wilayat Khan, married Marwa in Khewa district of Nangarhar, but he…
Forced marriage: a cultural dimension of human trafficking
In Helmand an underage girl who was forced into marriage and now divorced from her husband is living in abject poverty along with five children. Forced child marriage, where a minor has not genuinely given his/her free and…
