Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eat Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, Sima says: "After the Taliban entered the country, I had just finished the sixth grade and was supposed to start the seventh.
Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eat Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times.
Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, Sima says: "After the Taliban entered the country, I had just finished the sixth grade and was supposed to start the seventh.
After being beaten by my father several times, I was forced to accept." At 13, Sima became a bride inside the compound where she still lives, and where she has given birth to her children.
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Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eat Sima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Sitting with her children in their mud-brick room in Badghis province, Sima says: "After the Taliban entered the country, I had just finished the sixth grade and was supposed to start the seventh. After being beaten by my father several times, I was forced to accept." At 13, Sima became a bride inside the compound where she still lives, and where she has given birth to her children.
Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four. Two months later, my father pressured me immensely to marry my cousin. All the while, her children cling to her legs, crying.
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