Pregnant Afghan teen's death sparks call to end child marriage
By AFP 6 hours ago in World
Right groups Wednesday called on the Afghan government to end the scourge of child marriages, after a 14-year-old pregnant girl was burned to death in the latest case of violence against women.
The family of the girl, Zahra, says she was tortured and set alight by her husband's family, according to reports citing local officials in central Ghor province, where the incident occurred.
Relatives of the teenager's husband insist her death was by self-immolation.
Zahra, four months pregnant, was also said to be a victim of "baad", the forced marriage of a girl to a family to settle a dispute, a practice prevalent in rural Afghanistan.
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