Sold for Survival: Afghans Are Selling Their Child Daughters for $3,200 as Famine Hits Majority of Population

Sold for Survival: Afghans Are Selling Their Child Daughters for $3,200 as Famine Hits Majority of Population

In Afghanistan's worsening humanitarian crisis, families in several provinces are reportedly selling their young daughters for as little as $3,200 (£2,510) as famine spreads across the country, according to journalist Hollie McKay on Substack. The practice, documented by aid observers and journalists, shows a deepening survival emergency affecting more than a tenth of the population as hunger, unemployment and aid cuts converge under Taliban rul…

Afghan fathers sell daughters into marriage to survive

As aid collapses and Taliban restrictions on women tighten, Afghan families are selling daughters into forced marriage just to survive.