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Drought drives Afghan families to sell daughters into child marriage
Original: ‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides https:
Severe drought in Afghanistan is pushing displaced, hungry families to marry off young girls in exchange for dowry payments, according to a Guardian report. One girl quoted says she is still a child and fears being married. Aid agencies warn climate-driven hunger is worsening child marriage and displacement across the country.
Why now: Fresh reporting links Afghanistan's climate crisis and hunger to a rise in child marriage, prompting concern among readers.
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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 https://www. theguardian.com/global-develop ment/2026/oct/15/afghanistan-drought-hunger-displaced-families-girls-child-marriage-poverty # GlobalDevelopment #… · theguardian_climate_crisis@halo.nu · 5
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