Afghan fathers forced to consider selling children amid crippling unemployment

In the provincial capital of Ghor, Afghanistan, a crowd of men assembles each sunrise on a dusty plain in Csaghcsaran, hoping to find a job that will put food on the table. The few opportunities that appear pay only 150 to 200 Afghanis per day, roughly two to three dollars, leaving families unable to meet basic needs. Juma Khan, a 45-year-old father, managed to work only three times over the past six weeks, earning just enough to buy a little flour for his wife and children, who have endured nights of hunger.

He expressed terror that his children could die from starvation. According to one outlet resident Abdul Rashid Azimi, the desperation is so extreme that some parents contemplate selling a daughter to keep the rest of the family alive. The article highlights the pervasive lack of work and the dire poverty gripping Afghanistan.