US: U.S. investigates “child bride” cases among Afghan evacuees (Includes video)
CBS News – September 04, 2021
CBS News has learned that “several” Afghan women and girls who were evacuated to facilities in the United Arab Emirates have told officials that their families forced them into marriage outside of the Kabul airport so that they could be eligible for evacuation. A senior State Department official said authorities are taking the claims seriously and investigating. Human trafficking is a federal crime and also illegal in every state. It is not clear how the U.S. would handle the case of an Afghan evacuee found guilty of child trafficking.
Also: Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-child-trafficking-27d93a340c4834d497eb36e22bb72f42
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-investigates-child-bride-cases-among-afghans-who-fled-afghanistan/