She was sentenced to death under qisas, the Islamic legal principle of 'retaliation in kind'.

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

The Taliban has issued a new law on divorce that explicitly acknowledges child marriage is permitted in Afghanistan. Two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “15 years ago today, a 16 year old girl was married off to a man 35 years older than her and the world treated her like the ...