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Girls increasingly at risk of child marriage in Afghanistan: UN
short by Shailesh / on Saturday, 13 November, 2021
A UNICEF official on Friday said that girls in Afghanistan are increasingly at risk of child marriage due to a crisis in the country. "We've received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20 days old up for future marriage in return for a dowry," the official added. The Afghan crisis was triggered by the Taliban takeover.
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