A 15-year-old girl was married to a 28-year-old man in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan, her father says. Uzbek social services officials tried to prevent the wedding but it proceeded in August, garnering social media coverage. The girl's estranged father says he only learned of the marriage after the fact.
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A 15-year-old girl was married to a 28-year-old man in the Surkhandarya region of Uzbekistan, her father says. Uzbek social services officials tried to prevent the wedding but it proceeded in August, garnering social media coverage. The girl's estranged father says he only learned of the marriage after the fact.