A desperate Afghan dad has said he is prepared to sell his daughter for just $580 so he can save the rest of his family of seven from starvation — and give the 4-year-old a chance at a better life.

Destitute Afghan families 'are selling their CHILDREN to make ends meet' as the country's economy teeters on brink of collapse. One mother has been told by a money lender that she must sell him ...

To avoid starvation among my children, I gave my daughter to a man for about $3,000, but have only got $70 so far. I had no money, no food and no breadwinner – my husband was also killed.” ...

And things look likely to get worse as the crisis spirals, with more than half the population facing hunger and 3.2 million children suffering from malnutrition, according to the U.N. World Food ...

Aid groups say more children could die from malnutrition in Afghanistan over the next few months than the total number of people killed in the 20-year war.

Three of her eight children are disabled, and she earns just 25 Afghanis (about 36 cents) a day spinning wool. ... In the new Afghanistan, it’s sell your daughter or starve. January 15, 2024.

Street children can be seen running through traffic in Kabul, begging for change, tapping on windshields to get attention. For them, the typical Afghan storylines of insurgents, soldiers ...

More and more Afghan children are having to go to work to help support their families. This is because the economy in Afghanistan is in a bad way with little money around. Find out more here.

An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households. CNN has spoken to multiple families around the western city of Herat ...