AFGHANISTAN: Police arrests a father who sold his 6-year-old girl to a 55-year-old man for a forceful marriage in exchange of goat.
It was also reported that the girl’s father was given rice,
tea, sugar and cooking oil. According to the man, his family members were in
desperate need for food and that with this transaction, the burden has been
reduced.
But the action of the father negates the Afghanistan law,
which states that until girls are up to 16 years old, they cannot be given out
for marriage. The further attempted to justify his actions when he said,
Abdolkarim (the 55-year-old man) promised never to have carnal knowledge of the
girl till she turns 18.
Trouble brewed when Abdolkarim introduced the little girl to
a relative in Firozkoh, Ghor province as his daughter, and while another
relative was told that she was his wife
When her father was arrested, local women were seen on video
hitting him as he was dragged away by police.
Although, a local women's rights bureau in Ghor province ran
checks on the girl and it is believed she did not have sex with the older man.
The father has been stripped of parental rights while the
girl now reportedly lives with her mother.
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