A Mother In Afghanistan Says She Had ‘No Other Choice’ But To Sell Her 6-Year-Old Daughter
A mother resorted to selling her 6-year-old daughter to feed the rest of her family, CNN is reporting. The United Nations has determined that the drought currently plaguing Afghanistan has resulted in more families being forced out of their homes in 2018 than the violence that’s prevalent in the country has. The UN believes that more than 275,000 people have been displaced by the dry weather. Now, a widow named Mamareen is sharing her testimony from a refugee camp. She told her story to a reporter about how she had to sell her daughter, Akila. Akila was exchanged for $3,000 and is now in the care of a man named Najmuddin, who intends to have Akila eventually marry his 10-year-old son, Sher Agha.
“I fled my village with my three children because of severe drought,” she said.
