She was sold to a stranger so her family could eat as Afghanistan crumbles – CNN

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By Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN

Updated 8:08 PM ET, Mon November 1, 2021

(CNN)Parwana Malik, a 9-year-old girl with dark eyes and rosy cheeks, giggles with her friends as they play jump rope in a dusty clearing.

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A camp for internally displaced people in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis province, Afghanistan, on October 17.A camp for internally displaced people in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis province, Afghanistan, on October 17.
Parwana Malik, 9, and her father Abdul, in their home at a camp for internally displaced people in Afghanistan's Badghis province.Parwana Malik, 9, and her father Abdul, in their home at a camp for internally displaced people in Afghanistan's Badghis province.

“This is your bride. Please take care of her … please don’t beat her”Abdul MalikParwana’s father

Men sitting at a camp for internally displaecd people in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis province, on October 17.Men sitting at a camp for internally displaecd people in Qala-i-Naw, Badghis province, on October 17.

“As soon as a girl falls out of education, then suddenly it becomes much more likely that she’s going to be married off”Heather BarrHuman Rights Watch

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“If we have food and there is someone to help us, we would never do this”RokshanaGrandmother

Zaiton, 4, plays with her brother at their home in Ghor province, Afghanistan.Zaiton, 4, plays with her brother at their home in Ghor province, Afghanistan.
Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck along a road in Band Sabzak area in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on October 17.Taliban fighters on a pick-up truck along a road in Band Sabzak area in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on October 17.
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“I will have to sell another daughter if my financial situation doesn’t improve — probably the 2-year-old”Abdul MalikParwana’s father

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