The woman standing on stage glistens in a crystal-studded bikini. Her glowing, tanned skin shows off each of her well-defined muscle lines, the result of hours of weight training in the gym. Roya ...

A girl in Afghanistan was tortured and killed by her husband after being forced to marry him in a traditional bride exchange An Afghan child forced to marry a man at least twice her age in a ...

Afghan child bride Sahar Gul is appealing against the early release of the people who tortured her. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Kabul considers what it means for the future of women's rights in the ...

A nine-year-old girl who was sold by her father to a 55-year-old man as a child bride in Afghanistan has been rescued by a charity. Parwana Malik was sold for the equivalent of £1,600 in land, sheep ...