Prostitution in Afghanistan - Mut'ah

Mut'ah

There are also some recent reports about Mut'ah (Fegha in Dari (Persian)) beginning to be practiced in Mazar-i-Sharif.

"Nobody would give me their daughters to marry because I didn't have family or money. I started doing short marriages in Iran. When I came back to Mazar-i-Sharif, I continued." —Payenda Mohammad, A mechanic in Mazari-i-Sharif

Mut'ah is a fixed-term marriage practiced mainly in neighboring Shia-majority Iran but is rejected by the majority Sunni Muslims of Afghanistan and the rest of the world.