Desperate families have been selling their kids to make ends meet since the Taliban took over.
Benazir is an 8-year-old girl from Afghanistan who was sold by her family for $2,000. Benzari's father told NBC News that the money would go toward keeping the rest of the family alive.
There are 10 people in the family. "I'm trying to keep 10 alive by sacrificing one." said Muraad Khan, 55. It has been difficult to feed Khan's large family because he hasn't worked in months.
Khan told NBC News that Benazir will marry a boy from Iran. He said that the man who bought her would take her away from him. He will take her away and say she's ours.
According to NBC News, her best friend has been sold into marriage for $2,000. The father said he needed to sell her to pay off debt.
Children are given away by their families in Afghanistan in exchange for desperately needed cash.
An Afghan father sold his 9-year-old daughter to a man for $2,200 in order to afford food for his family, according to a report. The family has lived in Afghanistan for years and has struggled to pay for basic needs. They make a few dollars a day together.
Saleha said she sold her daughter for $550 because she didn't have enough money to support herself. Dozens of Insider readers offered to pay off Saleha's debt when they heard of her story.
Afghanistan is on the verge of financial ruin.
The UN's development agency predicts that the poverty rate in Afghanistan will go up to 98% within a year.
Afghanistan will face universal poverty by the middle of next year. "That's where we're going, no matter how you work these projections."
After two decades of trying to rid Afghanistan of extremists, President Joe Biden decided to withdraw US troops from the region. The Taliban renamed the country the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, reverting back to the name used during the last time the regime held power. The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001.
The US ousting the Taliban from power in 2001 resulted in the doubling of per capita income and an increase in the average number of years of education.
Afghanistan has made significant economic gains over the past two decades, but they are in danger of collapsing because of political instability. Afghanistan faces a crush on local banking because of the Taliban takeover. The instability was worsened by the Pandemic.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is believed to hold most of the $10 billion in reserves that the Biden administration froze. Shah Mehrabi, a senior board member of Da Afghanistan Bank, said that the move will hurt Afghans more than the Taliban.
