New Delhi: Poverty, unemployed and severe economic problems in Ghur Afghan Province have led to child marriages, and a number of families let underage girls marry middle-aged men in exchange for money, weapons or livestock, Raha Press reports.
Some surprising stories have been revealed where the family has sold their one-year-old girls for money, livestock and weapons, the report said.
The level of purchase and sales of an underage girl is usually between 100,000 and 250,000 Afghanistan in this province.
According to the source, if the buyer does not have cash, he will give a girl or livestock family weapon in return.
According to the report, such incidents occur more in remote districts in the province than in the national capital.
Buying and selling weddings of girls or children in exchange for money is common, but after the fall of the Afghan government and the next economic turmoil, more families are forced to take this route.
Habiba Jamshidi, an activist of women’s rights in the west of the country, said women form half of the community population and they should not be treated inhumanely or non-non-Islam.
Jamshidi said a family that was stupid about girls and girls, misused them.
JAMSHIDI emphasizes that one of the reasons for children’s marriage is the lack of appropriate awareness about the role and position of women, the report said.
Taliban officials in Ghor Province refused to comment on this problem.