Dowry.

This is coolbert:

Courtesy the tip from the Internet web site Anti-War.com.

Place this one in the strange but true category?

The Taliban boys behaving badly?

"Taliban now discouraging fighters from taking multiple wives. The reason may surprise you"

"The leader of the Afghan Taliban has told members to avoid taking multiple wives so that the hardline Islamist militant group will not invite 'criticism from our enemies'."

"Mullah Hibatullah issued a decree warning Taliban members against the practice so 'they won't need to get involved in corrupt and illegal practices'"

The Taliban boys Islamic warriors evidently engaging in multiple marriages [allowed by Islamic Sharia law to four wives max] merely to obtain dowry from the family of the bride. Enriching themselves in a less than noble manner and against the puritanical beliefs and practices of the Taliban leadership as espoused.

MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL THEY SAY!

coolbert.