Afghanistan, children under starvation

In Afghanistan, families sell their children to buy food

The situation in Afghanistan is desperate: more than half of the population depends on an international aid that does not arrive, to be able to eat. Many families are forced to sell their daughters in arranged marriages, in order to get money to buy food. “Parents sell their babies to be able to feed their siblings,” the UN secretary-general warned on Thursday, urgently asking for help to “avoid the economic and social collapse of Afghanistan,” where the few health centres are overwhelmed with malnourished children, and people burn their few pieces of furniture to keep warm.