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‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides

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‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides
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As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard travelled the country speaking to girls as young as eight, 10 and 14 who have been engaged or married to repay debts or pay for food‘I’m not happy about this,” says 11-year-old Khatira, who was sold into marriage to repay debts, sitting in her home in Qala-e-Naw, capital of Badghis province in north-west Afghanistan. “She was healthy before her engagement,

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