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Forced and early marriages of teenage girls have increased across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power and promptly closed secondary schools 15 months ago. Many parents marry off their adolescent daughters to avoid forced marriages to Taliban members.
Turkmen officials are holding pro-Kremlin propaganda events, accusing the West of provoking the war in Ukraine, and warning against "foreign agents" trying to destabilize Turkmenistan.
This week's Gandhara Briefing brings you our reporting on Afghans preparing for another brutal winter under Taliban rule, rising malnutrition among Afghan children, and Pakistan ranking first in a new index measuring Chinese influence.
A close examination of satellite images from Planet Labs displays the extent to which the occupied Crimean Peninsula has become a hub for Russia's military operations in Ukraine -- and a potential target for Kyiv's forces.
Russian-held Crimea has been a staging ground for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine from the beginning. In recent months, occupation authorities have ramped up efforts in recent months to direct all the peninsula's resources to the Russian military.