Selling children in Afghanistan the boy for $ 200 and the girl for $ 120

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported having received reports of 10 cases of the sale of children between the ages of 5 and 17 in the provinces of Herat and Badghis in Afghanistan.

UNICEF added that some families in Afghanistan sold their 20-day-old daughters to others.

The report also notes an increase in marriages between minors in Afghanistan, where it is estimated that 28% of girls marry before the age of 18.

Difficult situations for the children of Afghanistan
Difficult situations for the children of Afghanistan

There have been reports of child trafficking in Afghanistan in recent months, for example, the newspaper Jomhuri Islami reported in early October that the boys are being sold in Afghanistan for $ 200 and girls for $ 120.

The UNICEF report also refers to the political and economic crisis, the outbreak of the Corona virus, the arrival of winter and the food crisis, as among the most important factors that have worsened the life situation in Afghanistan.

In addition, the United Nations World Food Program in September warned that millions of people in Afghanistan would soon have to face starvation as this situation continued.

According to UN figures, more than 550,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan due to drought and war only questyear, and these displaced people join the two million displaced and displaced persons in precedence.

About half of children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition and around 14 million people, one third of the Afghan population, suffer from some form of food shortage or insecurity.

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