RASC News Agency: Numerous families in Farah province, western Afghanistan, report that severe economic hardships have driven them to the desperate measure of selling their children. A credible source in Farah, speaking on condition of anonymity, told RASC News Agency on Wednesday, May 15th, that many families in the province are living in dire conditions and require urgent attention.
The source described Farah as one of the most deprived provinces in Afghanistan, where residents suffer from severe economic deprivation. The source warned that if the current challenges persist, a significant catastrophe will befall the residents of Farah. Osman, a resident of Farah, noted that the situation in the district areas is even worse than in the provincial capital.
He identified the districts of Bala Bolouk, Khak Safaid, and Pusht-e Rod as areas where some families have resorted to selling their children. Osman explained that due to economic distress, some families are selling their children for 100,000 Afghanistani rupees to alleviate their financial burdens. He lamented that the people have been abandoned to their fate, with the Taliban playing only a symbolic role in addressing the plight of Farah’s residents.
Experts in western Afghanistan have expressed concern over the emergence of child-selling in several regions of the western provinces, noting it as a cause of alarm for all societal sectors. Naeem Qasemi, an expert on western Afghanistan affairs, told RASC News Agency that the situation has become so dire that families are selling their children to survive.
He recalled that similar reports of child-selling by families were covered by the media a few years ago. Qasemi emphasized that the current crisis demands international attention and intervention. He pointed out that more than two and a half years have passed since the Taliban took power, yet the United Nations and other international bodies have remained indifferent to the plight of the Afghanistani people.
It is noteworthy that poverty, unemployment, and severe economic difficulties in western Afghanistan have significantly diminished public support for the Taliban.
