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Why UN child-rights advocates are alarmed by Afghanistan’s new marriage rules

  • A Taliban decree removes the previous minimum marriage age for girls and instead links eligibility to puberty
  • UN watchdog Sophie Kiladze says allowing a girl’s silence to be treated as consent could legitimize child marriage
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