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Hell on earth for Afghan women: From the ban on education to the legal rape of girls

Since May 14, it has been legal for an adult man to rape a girl in Afghanistan. On that day, the Taliban enacted Decree No. 18, or the “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses,” a regulation that legalizes child marriage without even requiring a performance of supposed consent from the girl; her silence is enough.

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© Ebrahim Noroozi (AP)

Afghan women wait to receive food from an NGO in front of a Taliban militiaman in Kabul on May 23, 2023.
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