A female named Ayesha lives in Afghanistan. She has wide brown eyes and is happy to be with her sisters.
She was unaware that her father was going to sell her to a man older than her.
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, Hamid* stopped working for the UN because he used to provide security for them.
Hamid told Insider that he agreed to sell his daughter to a man 45 years old because he didn't have any money to support his family.
I have seven children and a wife. Eight people are going to eat. Hamid said that the only way he could afford to feed them was to give one of his daughters away.
A man from their village offered to marry Ayesha and pay Hamid a large amount of money, which would have been four months of his previous salary.
Hamid said he would have to consider selling his daughter to another man once the money ran out.
Hamid doesn't want his children to be separated from him.
I don't want to let them go. All of them would starve if I didn't give them one of them.
In recent weeks, reports have emerged of desperate Afghan families selling their children to other people in order to survive.
The Afghan economy is on the verge of collapse because of rampant unemployment, widespread food insufficiency, and an economy on the brink of collapse.
In the country, child marriage is not uncommon. The legal age for girls to be married in Afghanistan is 16 or 15 with the permission of the girl's father, which is below the internationally recommended standard of 18 according to the United Nations Population Fund.
Girls younger than that are often married to older men.
As Afghan families face desperate circumstances, experts fear that the number of children sold into marriage are rising.
The number of families selling their children is increasing, according to a human rights activist.
Lack of food, lack of work, the families feel they have to do this.
The Afghan central bank assets were frozen by the US after the Taliban took control of the country.
Many workers have not been paid and the unemployment rate has risen because of the short supply of cash.
According to the UN development agency, up to 97% of the population could be in poverty.
The economic crisis, rising food prices, and widespread drought have led experts to warn of worsening food shortages that could lead to a hunger crisis over the winter.
According to the UN's world food program, more than half of the country's population are facing food shortages.
"We are facing a full-on collapse of development on top of humanitarian and economic crises," Kanni said.
The analysis shows that we are on course for rapid, catastrophic deterioration in the lives of Afghanistan's most vulnerable people.
Save the Children reported price hikes of up to 63% in some Afghan cities on flour, oil, and beans. Prices are expected to go up due to border closings.
Hamid said that he couldn't afford bread to feed his children and that he felt guilty that he couldn't provide for them.
Hamid, who worked with international organizations, lives in fear of being killed by the Taliban.
Since the Taliban took over, we have been under watch. They are looking for us. He said people are disappearing.
Hamid doesn't leave his house for more than a few minutes at a time because he is afraid the Taliban will kill him. Even if he was able to go out, there was no work for him to do.
An Afghan refugee who was evacuated to Greece last month raised enough money to feed his family for a short time.
Ayesha will not have to be married off. This is only a temporary fix.
What will I do when the money runs out? Hamid said something.
The 36-year-old father of six said that he feels that he has been failed by the international community, particularly the organizations he previously worked for.
He said he wanted to be evacuated.
I would like to leave this country. I'm concerned about my safety. Hamid said that he was worried about his children.
My children want to study and have a good life.
The names have been changed to protect their identity.
