10 year old afghani girl sold to an elderly man

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To “help around the house” he said.

That poor girl. And the other girls that have been sold or are in the process of being sold

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It’s so awful isn’t it. Those poor people living in a situation where the only answer can be to sell your child. They must be so desperate.

Very desperate but at the same time it makes me cross that daughters are being sold to feed sons

Why is anyone shocked or surprised we knew it would start happening again

Yes, I can’t imagine being that desperate, and it’s easy to say I would never, but it’s always their daughters isn’t it.

The man being like “this is bad, I’ll have to sell another daughter soon, probably the 2 year old”

I was also sickened to see someone had sold their newborn daughter with the man collecting her when she starts to walk.

Sickening. Those poor girls.

I found this unbearable to see / read.

Which is the best NGO / charity supporting girls and women in Afghanistan (are any still there?)

@Soubriquet

I was also sickened to see someone had sold their newborn daughter with the man collecting her when she starts to walk.

So what are they supposed to do?

What do you think they should do instead?

@GreenTeaPingPong

I found this unbearable to see / read.

Which is the best NGO / charity supporting girls and women in Afghanistan (are any still there?)

There is no help. They've been left to get on with it.

While we can all sit here and judge them from our privileged positions

It is disgusting. In fact, disgusting doesn't go far enough. Those poor children.

I would starve to death before I sold my daughter to a life of slavery and rape.

It’s horrendous

The country is in a desperate place

No food and winter coming

There’s no funding to help

And of course awful it’s girls

@EverybodyScream

I would starve to death before I sold my daughter to a life of slavery and rape.

And how would that help your children, exactly?

That is just heartbreaking.

I can remember back in the 1980s when my employer at the time had a joint venture with China. An engineer went to visit their factory and reported a pipe leaking acid as a health and safety issue.

He was told it was cheaper to replace anyone hurt than fix the pipe 😱. He said "there are many Chinese" ☹️

The value of human life is very different in developing and impoverished countries. We are, mostly, very fortunate in the UK.

I honestly don’t know what I would do. Do I let my children starve to death, put them out of their misery myself, or sell them to be raped whenever the man wants it?

It’s a no win situation.

It’s a pity there isn’t a charity that can set up boarding homes and buy the girls themselves to raise. Though I doubt the taliban would allow that anyway

What else are they supposed to do @Porfre? How about not sell their infant daughters to be raped and enslaved.

Fucking hell. Where is your humanity?

@Soubriquet

Very desperate but at the same time it makes me cross that daughters are being sold to feed sons

I think that’s because there is monetary value in girls. No-one wants to buy their sons

@PersephoneJames

Yes, I can’t imagine being that desperate, and it’s easy to say I would never, but it’s always their daughters isn’t it.

The man being like “this is bad, I’ll have to sell another daughter soon, probably the 2 year old”

What sort of filth sells their child to feed themselves??

The situation is extreme

All funding to Taliban has stopped which means people starving

It’s horrendous

I heard a wonderful story re Baroness Kennedy today. But it’s a drop in the ocean

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Exactly @beastlyslumber. I’d rather starve than sell my children. It’s unbelievable.

They aren’t just feeding themselves though. They are feeding their other children too.

The children are starving too so it’s desperate

I read this yesterday. My heart is absolutely breaking for these little girls. These men have so much to answer for. There are no words that can truly express how this makes me feel.

This is probably one of the most disturbing videos I have ever seen. I can not believe this is happening.

I think I would end all our lives than allow one of my children be taken away to be beaten and raped - because that is what s going to happen.