Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eat Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four. Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, ...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/15/afghanistan-girls-sold-into-child-marriage)

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