
Ruqya
Ruqya, a 16-year-old girl from Afghanistan, has been in the news due to her struggle against an arranged marriage to a 31-year-old relative, which she vehemently opposed. Despite her protests and attempts to end the engagement through a divorce process called khul, her family faced immense financial pressure as they were unable to meet the exorbitant demands set by her fiancé's family, leading to her continued entrapment in an unwanted marriage.
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Ruqya was 16 when her family accepted a marriage proposal from a 31-year-old relative living in Turkey.
‘I don’t know how to save my daughter from her husband’: the brutal reality of the Taliban’s new marriage law | Women's rights and gender equalityThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-06-23






