# #28 - Child Marriage in Afghanistan | Taliban Restrictions on Women | Education Bans | Economic Crisis | Mental Health Crisis Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019/28-child-marriage-in-afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-on-women-education-bans-economic-crisis-mental-health-crisis Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019/28-child-marriage-in-afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-on-women-education-bans-economic-crisis-mental-health-crisis.md Podcast: [Diplomacy and Discourse Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019) Published: 2026-04-20T07:26:06+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast/2748774 Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/223496/2748774/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast/2026_04_20_07_25_54_845be3e0-7694-4b37-abc1-ca2817b1766f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019/episodes/28-child-marriage-in-afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-on-women-education-bans-economic-crisis-mental-health-crisis Duration seconds: 2031 ## Resource Episode 28: Child Marriage in Afghanistan Examining the child marriage crisis in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. 1.4 million girls are married before 18. Education bans, poverty, and gender apartheid drive the crisis. 2026 updates included. #Afghanistan #ChildMarriage #GenderApartheid #HumanRights #DiplomacyAndDiscourse ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019/episodes/28-child-marriage-in-afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-on-women-education-bans-economic-crisis-mental-health-crisis/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/diplomacy-and-discourse-podcast-6570019/28-child-marriage-in-afghanistan-taliban-restrictions-on-women-education-bans-economic-crisis-mental-health-crisis.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.