![]() ![]() The World Food Program warned Monday that more than half the population of Afghanistan, around 22.8 million people, will face acute food insecurity from November. The oldest commanded a bride price of $3,350 and the toddler $2,800 - to be paid in instalments over several years until the time comes to join their new families, their future husbands still minors themselves.Ĭhild marriage has been practised in Afghanistan for centuries, but war and climate change-related poverty have driven many families to resort to striking deals earlier and earlier in girls' lives.īoys' parents can drive a harder bargain and secure younger girls, spacing out the repayments. "I feel bad giving away my daughters for money." "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 of the choice now facing thousands of Afghan families. ![]() Oblivious to the deal, six-year-old Faristeh and 18-month-old Shokriya sit by her side in a mud-brick and tarpaulin shelter for displaced people. ![]() 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. Village and camp leaders say the numbers of young girls getting betrothed started to rise during a 2018 famine and surged this year when the rains failed again ![]()
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