She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles. [View all]

[hamsterjill]

This story just broke my heart.

Could Elon Musk’s money help this little girl? I don’t pretend to know the answer, but I just can’t believe we live in the 21st century and this still happens.


(CNN) - Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends as they play jump rope in a dusty clearing.

But Parwana's laughter disappears as she returns home, a small hut with dirt walls, where she's reminded of her fate: she's being sold to a stranger as a child bride.

The man who wants to buy Parwana says he's 55, but to her, he's "an old man" with white eyebrows and a thick white beard, she told CNN on October 22. She worries he will beat her and force her to work in his house.





https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/01/asia/afghanistan-child-marriage-crisis-taliban-intl-hnk-dst/index.html