Aided by her mother, Mahtab Amiri, who coordinated her escape, she left the country with Erfaan and was driven to Iran. From ...

There is a young woman sheltering under a tree between two busy roads clutching a pile of documents to her chest. These pieces of paper are more important to Bibi Nazdana than anything in the world: ...

For most weddings around the world, it's generally expected that those getting married would be allowed at the venue. Not so for high-ranking members of the Taliban ...

Thousands of divorce rulings have been overturned by the Taliban since they took control of Afghanistan three years ago. Latin Times Bibi Nazdana's battle to become legally separated from her husband ...

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - Mutilated Reza Gul turned up at hospital in Afghanistan carrying her own nose following the savage attack on Sunday Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by ...

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 ...

A 45-year-old man has married a six-year-old girl, in an act so unsettling that it even left the Taliban 'horrified'. The man, who has already wed two other women, bought the child from her family.

Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan got married in Kabul on Thursday and while congratulatory messages poured in from his colleagues, many are bemused at the complete lack of women in the photos, ...