Banned from education, 'idle' Afghan girls are married off
Two sisters chat in Charikar, Parwan province. -Since the Taliban seized power in Kabul and banned teenage girls from education, many have been married off, often to much older men of their father's choice. PHOTO | WAKIL KOHSAR | AFP
Thirteen-year-old Zainab should have been shopping for a new school uniform this autumn but, with no prospect of girls' schools reopening in Afghanistan, she was instead forced to pick out a wedding dress.
