阿富汗一父親爲一隻羊竟將6歲女兒賣給一老頭爲妻

A video shows a six-year-old Afghan girl in tears, after her father allegedly sold her to a 55-year-old man for marriage, in exchange for a goat and food.

一段視頻顯示，一名6歲的阿富汗女孩在流着淚，據悉，他狠心的父親爲了一隻羊和稻米，竟把她賣給了一個55歲的老頭做新娘。

It is believed girls as young as 16 are commonly sold to men for marriage in line with Afghan law, but underage pairings are not uncommon. However such a large age gap like this one is rare, according to The Observers.

在阿富汗，女孩在16歲時就賣給別人做新娘是法律允許的，不過，未成年婚姻也並不少見。不過，據《觀察家》表示，像這樣如此大的年齡差距還是罕見的。

According to the website, the girl's father sold her for a goat, a bag of rice, tea, sugar, and a few litres of cooking oil.

據該網站報道，該女孩兒的父親用6歲的女兒換回來了一隻羊、一袋米，茶葉，白糖和幾升食用油。

The man, reportedly Seyed Abdolkarim, took his bride to Firozkoh, in Ghor province, to stay at a relative's house. Alarm bells were raised when the host alleged he was undressing the girl at night.

報道稱，這名55歲的老頭名叫賽義德·阿卜杜爾卡里姆，他把6歲的新娘帶到了古爾省的Firozkoh，住在一個親戚的家裏。夜裏，主人發現阿卜杜爾卡里姆脫掉了小女孩的衣服，所以報了警。

Abdolkarim was asked if the young girl was his daughter and he replied: "No, she's my wife. Her father gave her to me". The host told a friend, who then alerted a local women's rights bureau, which lead to Abdolkarim's arrest.

當被問起小姑娘是否是他的女兒時，阿卜杜爾卡里姆回答說，“不是，她是我的妻子。她的父親把她賣給我了。” 隨即主人將此事告知了一名朋友，這名朋友隨後通知了當地的婦女權益組織，所以阿卜杜爾卡里姆才被抓捕。

Tests later carried out reportedly revealed there was no sexual intercourse.

經過檢查，醫生表示該女孩兒沒有受傷的跡象。

Herat journalist Fawad Ahmady recorded the clip on July 31 and posted it on Facebook where it has been widely shared across Afghanistan social media.

赫拉特記者法瓦德·阿赫馬迪在7月31日報道了這則新聞，並把它發佈上臉書上，隨後被阿富汗的社交媒體大量轉發。

"The girl is now living with her mother in a safe house in Firozkoh," Mr Ahmady told The Observers. "Khalili, the head of the women's rights bureau for Ghor province, told me she will do her best to make sure that her father loses his parental rights and that she is granted a divorce."

阿赫馬迪告訴《觀察家》稱：“這名女童現在和她的媽媽住在Firozkoh一個安全的地方。古爾省女權組織負責人卡利裏告訴我，她會盡一切努力剝奪這名父親的監護權，同時幫助這名女童解除與阿卜杜爾卡里姆的婚姻關係。”

The girls' father reportedly admitted he was having trouble making ends meet and selling his daughter would provide a goat and two months' worth of food, as well as one less mouth to feed.

據報道，這名女孩的父親承認自己入不敷出，將女兒賣掉能換來一隻羊和兩個月的口糧，同時還能少一張嘴吃飯。