Polygamy is legal in Afghanistan . Men are allowed up to 4 wives . Getting married is expensive , though , about equal in cost to a couple years ' pay . Unfortunately Afghanistan is super poor and has a huge unemployment problem stemming from the fact that the average Afghani women has 7 children and the median age of the country is only 16 , resulting in a massive surplus of very young men with no skills or education . The net result is millions of unmarriable young men in desperate poverty looking to get out of their country to find money and women . Frankly , if I were a young Afghani dude I ' d be getting out too . <| sep |> Did you notice those little hesitations as he was talking ? You just don ' t get that from many running backs these days !