Afghan cleric arrested for marrying six-year-old girl
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By AFP 7 hours ago in World
An elderly Afghan cleric has been arrested after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said Friday, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered country.
Mohammad Karim, said to be aged around 60, was held in central Ghor province as he claimed her parents gave him the girl as a "religious offering", officials said.
But they cited the family of the girl, believed to be in shock, as saying that she was abducted from western Herat province, bordering Iran.
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