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What’s crippling Afghanistan more than the war

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Mamareen who’s been forced to sell Akila for $3000. Picture: CNNSource: CNN

news.com.au: A mum was so desperate she had to sell her daughter for $4100, but in a cruel irony she has only received $96 and won’t see the rest for years.  Theirs is among many horrific stories from the Badghis region as families face unimaginable choices to avoid starvation. In another case, a four-year-old girl was sold to 20-year-old man to settle a debt. Click here to read more (external link).

5 thoughts on “What’s crippling Afghanistan more than the war”

  1. IT IS
    A
    BYPRODUCT- AND YOU
    CAUSED IT.
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    If maintained properly- I could easily prove to you that Afghanistan will turn the richest on the face of the world.
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    YOU ARE AN ADULT- DON’T LIE !
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    IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY SORTS OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS
    IN
    AFGHANISTAN.
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    I never heard this ever this sickness happening
    in
    Afghanistan before-

  2. THE GREAT
    “FREEDOM-LOVING”
    PEOPLE
    OF
    “BAHGHIS PROVINCE”
    HAVE
    GIVEN AND SACRIFICED
    ALL
    THEY HAD- YOU CAN’T
    MATCH THAT !

  4. Badghis was turned into one of a
    major
    hidden battle zone in the aftermaths
    of
    the grand invasio, 2001- the ancestors of the same locals had
    pushed back the steadfast czarist military drive into the interior
    of
    Afghanistan
    (late 1800’s).

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