Afghanistan: People marrying off their young daughters to avoid forced marriages with Taliban men
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Since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, there has been a dramatic increase in early marriages of Afghan girls -- a trend activists and human rights campaigners attribute to parents' belief that securing a spouse for their girls is better than seeing them forced to marry members of the Taliban, a media report said.Marrying their girls off also provides some sense of security.