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‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four. Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, Sima says: “After the Taliban entered the country, I had just finished the... Read more.

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