# Parwana Sold as a Child Bride Amid Food Shortages in Afghanistan

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2086103269621760114
- Source account: [@javiernegre10](https://x.com/javiernegre10)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:06
- Published: 2026-08-09
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=1) My father has sold me because we don't have bread, rice and flour.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=5) He has sold me to an old man.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=12) He's bought Parwana for 200,000 Afghanis, just over 2,000 US dollars.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=21) Covered up, Parwana whimpers as her mother holds her.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=26) This is your bride. Please take care of her, says Parwana's father.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=32) Of course I will take care of her, replies the man.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=36) His large hands grab her small frame.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=40) Parwana tries to pull away.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=44) As he carries her only bag of belongings, she again resists, digging her heels into the dirt.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=53) But it's futile.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3zDhG4HQo3tK/en/parwana-sold-as-a-child-bride-amid-food-shortages-in-afghanistan?t=57) The fate of this small, helpless child has been sealed.