Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eat
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/15/afghanistan-girls-sold-into-child-marriage
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Real-life version of those movies where a village girl poses as a boy to avoid the dragon sacrifice lottery, but probably worse.