Why UN child-rights advocates are alarmed by Afghanistan’s new marriage rules

NEW YORK CITY: The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued one of its strongest condemnations yet of Taliban policies toward girls in Afghanistan, warning that a newly adopted decree effectively legalizes child marriage and violates numerous international human rights obligations. At the center of the controversy is Taliban Decree No. 18, adopted in May and formally titled “Principles of Separation Between Spouses.” The decree removes Afghanistan’s previous fixed minimum marriage age for girls and instead ties marital eligibility to puberty.

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