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'He has sold me to an old man,' says Parwana, 9, who dreamed of becoming a teacher; over half Afghanistan's population, 22.8 million people, said to face acute food insecurity
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
“These child marriages are due to economic problems, not any rule imposed by the Sharia,” says senior Taliban official.
"My husband said if we don't give away our daughters, we will all die because we don't have anything to eat," Fahima said.
QALA I NAW (AFGHANISTAN) - Fahima has wept many times since her husband sold their two young daughters into marriage to survive the drought gripping western Afghanistan.