A harrowing case from Afghanistan’s Helmand province has sparked worldwide condemnation after a six-year-old lady was compelled into marriage with a 45-year-old man in alternate for cash.The incident, first reported by US-based Afghan information outlet Amu.television on June 28, passed off within the Marjah district. In line with Hasht-e Subh Day by day, the groom was already married and had two wives. Native sources revealed that the lady’s father organized the wedding below monetary strain.Whereas the Taliban authorities did intervene within the ceremony, their response has raised recent alarm. Somewhat than cancelling the wedding or arresting the events concerned, Taliban officers reportedly instructed them to “wait till the lady turns 9 earlier than bringing her residence.”The assertion, broadly circulated on social media, has reignited criticism over the Taliban’s stance on girls’s and kids’s rights since their return to energy in 2021. Worldwide our bodies and human rights advocates have repeatedly condemned the regime’s rollbacks on schooling, employment, and primary freedoms for Afghan girls and ladies.A number of nations have declared they won’t formally recognise the Taliban authorities except it ensures and protects girls’s rights below worldwide legislation. This case, nonetheless, has solely deepened fears that these protections stay out of attain for Afghanistan’s most weak.