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 seeking divorce without their husband’s consent.

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

Ein neues Dekret des Talibanführers erschwert Frauen die Scheidung – und wertet das Schweigen eines Mädchens als Zustimmung zu einer Zwangsheirat.

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

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…