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epa09598793 Afghan farmers harvest cotton in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 22 November 2021 (issued 23 November 2021). The serious economic crisis in Afghanistan is forcing an increasing number of families to sell their children or pledge the girls for marriage at a very young age in order to claim the dowry, the Unicef warned on 12 November. Moreover, the instability in the wake of the Taliban coming to power and the subsequent halt in the supply of international aid have aggravated problems for Afghan families who are struggling to deal with the pandemic, a food crisis and the onset of winter. EPA/STRINGER