A child walks through Fort Bliss' Doña Ana Village where Afghan refugees are being housed, in New Mexico, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.Desperate Afghan parents are selling their kids in exchange for cash to feed the rest of their family or get out of debt.
Benazir is just the latest example of children given away by their families in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover. Benazir, for example, is an 8-year-old girl from Afghanistan whose family sold her for $2,000. The money will go toward keeping the rest of the family, including eight kids, alive, Benzari's father told"We are 10 people in the family. I'm trying to keep 10 alive by sacrificing one," Muraad Khan, 55, told NBC News. Khan hasn't worked in months, which has made it hard to feed his large family.
Her best friend Saliha, 7, has also been sold into marriage for $2,000, according to NBC News. Saliha's father said he needed to sell her to pay off debt.
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