Name: CNN witnesses 9-year-old being sold for marriage to 55-year-old man
Uploaded: 2021-11-02T11:15:56.000Z
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A DISTRESSING STORY OUT OF  AFGHANISTAN SHOWING THE HARSH

AFGHANISTAN SHOWING THE HARSH  REALITY OF THE HUMANITARIAN

REALITY OF THE HUMANITARIAN  CRISIS ENGULFING THE COUNTRY,

CRISIS ENGULFING THE COUNTRY,  ESPECIALLY POST-TALIBAN RULE.

ESPECIALLY POST-TALIBAN RULE. DESPERATE FAMILIES SO

DESPERATE FAMILIES SO  IMPOVERISHED THEY TELL CNN THEY

IMPOVERISHED THEY TELL CNN THEY  HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL THEIR

HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SELL THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTERS INTO SOME

YOUNG DAUGHTERS INTO SOME  TWISTED FORM OF MARRIAGE IN THIS

TWISTED FORM OF MARRIAGE IN THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT CNN WITNESSES

EXCLUSIVE REPORT CNN WITNESSES  THE TRAGIC FATE FACING THESE

THE TRAGIC FATE FACING THESE  HELPLESS LITTLE GIRLS IN THIS

HELPLESS LITTLE GIRLS IN THIS  CULTURE WHERE GIRLS AND WOMEN

CULTURE WHERE GIRLS AND WOMEN  ARE TOO OFTEN TREATED

HORRIFICALLY. THE PARENTS GAVE US FULL ACCESS

THE PARENTS GAVE US FULL ACCESS  AND PERMISSION TO TALK TO THE

AND PERMISSION TO TALK TO THE  CHILDREN AND SHOW THEIR FACES

CHILDREN AND SHOW THEIR FACES  BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CANNOT

BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY CANNOT  CHANGE THE PRACTICE THEMSELVES.

CHANGE THE PRACTICE THEMSELVES. CNN'S ANNA COREN REPORTS.

CNN'S ANNA COREN REPORTS. >> Reporter: IN THIS DESOLATE

>> Reporter: IN THIS DESOLATE  LANDSCAPE, NOT A SCRAP OF

LANDSCAPE, NOT A SCRAP OF  VEGETATION IN SIGHT.

VEGETATION IN SIGHT. A MAKESHIFT CAMP FOR THE

A MAKESHIFT CAMP FOR THE  INTERNALLY DISPLACED.

INTERNALLY DISPLACED. AMONG ITS RESIDENTS, 9-YEAR-OLD

HER BRIGHT PINK DRESS, SQUEALS  OF LAUGHTER AND CHILDHOOD GAMES.

OF LAUGHTER AND CHILDHOOD GAMES. A RUSE TO THE HORRORS UNFOLDING

A RUSE TO THE HORRORS UNFOLDING  IN THIS INHOSPITABLE

ENVIRONMENT. HER FAMILY MOVED TO THIS CAMP

HER FAMILY MOVED TO THIS CAMP  FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER HER FATHER

FOUR YEARS AGO AFTER HER FATHER  LOST HIS JOB.

LOST HIS JOB. HUMANITARIAN AID AND MENIAL WORK

HUMANITARIAN AID AND MENIAL WORK EARNING $3 A DAY PROVIDING THE

EARNING $3 A DAY PROVIDING THE  BASIC STAPLES TO SURVIVE.

BASIC STAPLES TO SURVIVE. BUT SINCE THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER,

BUT SINCE THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER,  2 1/2 MONTHS AGO, ANY MONEY OR

2 1/2 MONTHS AGO, ANY MONEY OR  ASSISTANCE HAS DRIED UP.

ASSISTANCE HAS DRIED UP. AND WITH EIGHT MOUTHS TO FEED,

AND WITH EIGHT MOUTHS TO FEED,  HER FATHER IS NOW DOING THE

HER FATHER IS NOW DOING THE  UNTHINKABLE.

UNTHINKABLE. I HAVE NO WORK, NO MONEY, NO

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CNN witnesses 9-year-old being sold for marriage to 55-year-old man

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