Afghan parents selling their sons...

Afghan parents are being forced to sell their sons to wealthy women who cannot have their own in order to look after their other children, it has been revealed.

Girls are rarely sold but boys can fetch around £1,000 which is a large sum to poor families in the country where foreign aid goes no further than the government in Kabul.

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The woman Sadiqa is business-like, saying: 'Kiss your father and mother goodbye now - it is time.'

As she hands over $1,500 (£1,000), Mr Mohammed begins to weep. Full story...

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