According to media reports, local sources in Helmand province say that two young girls, one six years old and the other eight years old, were married to men aged 60 and 80 in exchange for money.
According to the newspaper Etilaatroz, a six-year-old girl in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, was married to a 60-year-old man in exchange for 200,000 Pakistani rupees. According to the newspaper, the girl’s father also confirmed that he had married his young daughter to the man in exchange for money.
Also, according to media reports, two days ago, an eight-year-old girl in Helmand was married to an 80-year-old man in exchange for a “large sum of money.” The 8am newspaper also reported that the incident occurred in Nad Ali district of Helmand, and the Taliban’s Information and Culture Directorate in Helmand said that the marriage had been annulled.
According to Etilaatroz, local Taliban officials in Helmand said that after becoming aware of the two cases, they annulled the marriages and reminded the families of the rights of children.
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