According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan , the regulation includes a section addressing girls who reach puberty while already married.

The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls.

According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan , the regulation includes a section addressing girls who reach puberty while already married.

Among the Taliban’s most controversial provisions, it says the silence of a girl reaching puberty can be interpreted as consent to marriage.

UN says Afghan marriage law risks legitimising child unions and unequal divorces

U.N. expresses grave concern over Taliban's new decree allowing child marriage, highlighting increased discrimination against Afghan women and girls.

Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree

NEW DELHI: Taliban has come under sharp criticism after formally recognising a new divorce law in Afghanistan that effectively legitimises child marriage and restricts girls from…