In this slum on the outskirts of Kabul, where France 24 went, nearly 800 families live in utter poverty.
With the economic collapse, many of them are forced to make painful choices to survive, like Fatima who recently sold one of her three daughters.
At the age of 3, the fate of her daughter is already sealed: she will join the house of her future father-in-law at the age of 10 to be married to one of his sons.
By selling their daughter, her parents received 150,000 Afghanis (the equivalent of 1,600 euros).
In a neighboring house, another family is preparing to sell one of the girls by forcibly marrying her off to a wealthy family.
The mother no longer has the means to care for her disabled youngest daughter and decides to sell her sister, who is only 7 years old.
In Afghanistan, force has always existed.
According to a UNICEF report, published in 2018, nearly 40% of Afghan women were married before reaching their majority.
However, this trend has intensified since the Taliban took power a year ago and the collapse of the economy in the country.
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