Yes you read
right. A 6-year-old Afghan girl, Gharibgol has been sold into marriage after
her father allegedly exchanged her for a goat, rice, tea, sugar and cooking
oil.
According to
the father, he and his family were desperate for food and by selling his
daughter he had one less mouth to feed. He also insisted that the new husband
of the girl had sworn not to have sex with her until she turned 18. After the
wedding, Abdolkarim reportedly took the girl to a relative’s house in Firozkoh,
in Ghor province, pretending she was his daughter. But the concerned relative
raised the alarm, insisting Abdolkarim was undressing her at night. Abdolkarim
then told a relative saying: “No she’s my wife, her father gave her to me.”
Not convinced,
the relative opened up to a friend on the matter and the friend promptly called
the local women’s rights Bureau which led to the arrest of the father and the
alleged husband. Responding to the situation, the bureau says it will pursue a
divorce and ensure the father is stripped of his parental rights. The girl is
reportedly now living with her mother.
Oh my God!!! What does a 6 year old girl know? The
things we read everyday are really heart breaking....
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