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

In most cases, the procedures for women seeking a separation are more complicated than those for men.

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.