Child bride

Reports of child marriage have increased since the Taliban regained control of the country Afghanistan’s collapsed economy is forcing citizens to sell off their kids into child marriage in a desperate attempt to regain some financial control over their lives. Since the Taliban took over the country in August, reports of child marriages and the […]

4 years ago

‘What I’m doing with her, that’s my business’ An Afghan father has been forced to sell his nine-year-old daughter to a 55-year-old man so he can afford to buy food for his family. In the wake of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan in August, humanitarian aid to the internally displaced has all but “dried up”, […]

4 years ago