10-Year-Old Afghan Girl Sold Into Marriage So Father Could Feed 5 Other Children
The mother is trying to raise the money to pay back the groom's family to prevent the marriage from occurring.
Source: newsweek.com
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Afghan father tries to sell his 10-year-old daughter for food money
Quandi Gul, 10 (right, holding her infant brother), was sold into an arraigned marriage to a 21-year-old man by her father in return for $1,000 that he planned to use to buy food for the rest of the family.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Parents selling children shows desperation of Afghanistan
SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan — In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter.
Source: columbian.com
Parents selling children shows desperation of Afghanistan
The international community froze Afghanistan’s assets abroad and halted all funding, unwilling to work with a Taliban government given its reputation for brutality during its previous rule 20 years ago.
Source: gulftoday.ae
Parents selling children shows desperation of Afghanistan
In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter.
Source: startribune.com