Name: 9-year-old Afghan girl sold into marriage rescued
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Description: In this CNN Exclusive report, the rescue of a 9-year-old Afghan girl who was sold into marriage.

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In this CNN Exclusive report, the rescue of a 9-year-old Afghan girl who was sold into marriage. 


Iranian love song plays from a cassette as a driver navigates his way through the snow dusted Lehman Valley in northwestern Afghanistan ground in the back of his station wagon is a mother and her six Children who have just left behind a life of constant struggle and hardship, All they've ever known among them. nine year old Pawan um our cameraman Siddiqui asked her how she's feeling. I'm so happy, she says with a beaming smile, CNN met pa wanna dressed in pink in an internally displaced camp in Baghdad's province back in october. Her father claims he was selling her to feed the rest of the family as a humanitarian crisis groups, the country, He'd already sold his 12 year old into marriage and told CNN that unless his situation improved, he would have to sell his full remaining daughters as well, including the youngest. Just to if I didn't have these daughters to sell. He asks, what should I do? Marijuana's buyer who lived in a nearby village confirmed he was taking the nine year old as his second wife. I'm 55 years old. I have a wife with four daughters and a son. I bought her for myself. I will wait till she becomes older. CNN was granted rare access to film the final payment and handover. The buyer asked for it to take place at a house in his village and not the camp for security reasons he paid a total of 200,000 afghanis. Just over $2000 for Pollyanna in land sheep and cash. This is your bride, Please take care of her says pawan as father. Of course I will take care of her replies the man as he drags her away, she whimpers. Moments later she digs her heels into the dirt, refusing to go, but it's hopeless. CNN's story caused an outcry distressing story out of Afghanistan, showing the heart the network was inundated with offers of help from the public aid organizations and Ngos wanting to assist Pawan A and the other girls featured in our story, the US based charity Too Young to wed took the lead. Its founding executive director, Stephanie Sinclair has been working to end child marriage and help vulnerable girls around the world for almost 20 years. She says the perfect storm is brewing in Afghanistan and it's the girls that are suffering. I know these stories are difficult to watch and they're difficult to do and they bring them around a lot of concern, but at the same time we need to keep people understanding that this is happening. We need to keep ringing the alarm bell, understand these are real girls and real lives and they can be changed within Baghdad's province. There was widespread backlash towards pay wanda's father and the buyer after our story went to air with claims they brought shame on the community even the taliban told CNN the practice is forbidden request everyone not to sell their Children child marriage is not a good thing and we condemn it. Women's rights activist and U. S. Citizen Mehbooba Suraj who chose to stay in Kabul after the Taliban swept to power in august to run her women's shelter says pawan is case is just the tip of the iceberg. There is a lot of misery, there is a lot of mistreatment. There is a lot of abuse is involved in these things and it will keep on happening with the hunger with the winter with poverty. As a result of the controversy caused by the story and intervention from the charity, marijuana was allowed to return home after almost two weeks with the Byers family since marijuana has been rescued. I'm very happy for that says pay wanda's father. He admitted to CNN that under duress from the community and some local media outlets, he changed his story out of embarrassment for what he had done and apologized. The buyer is unreachable for comment, but the debt is still outstanding. Too young to wed. Then organized to have marijuana, her mother and siblings removed from the camp with the father's permission. Therefore, our journey to neighboring Herat province was broken up with some childhood fun. Mhm. Before arriving at the motel for Children who have only ever lived in a tent. The novelty of being warm fed and safe wasn't wearing off. They rescued me. They've given me a new life says you wanna. I thank the charity for helping me. A few days later they moved into the safe house, Marijuana's mother 27 year old Reza Gul has never lived in a house. She was sold into marriage at 13 and has since had seven Children, six of whom were girls Most days in the camp, she would beg for food and often her family would go to sleep hungry. Now all she wants is to give her Children a better life. I have a dream. A wish. They go to school and start an education. She says, I have a lot of wishes for them too young to wed has already begun distributing aid to Peruanas impoverished camp among others. While the small charity is prepared to bridge the gap, they're calling on the large aid organizations to step up. These are communities that have relied on international aid for the last 20 years. And so with a lot of that AIDS stopping these people didn't stop needing support. We can't let them pay the price because ultimately girls always pay the biggest price I speak to Pa Wanna on zoom through my colleague Garcia. Hello, pawan A I'm anna. How are you. How are you feeling? I'm very good. Thank you. How are you Clovis? I'm fine. I'm so happy with the job. I'm safe. I rescued. Then she asks, when are you sending me to school? She wants to study and become a doctor or a teacher. But fairy tale endings are few and far between for girls in Afghanistan. Even more so now than ever, Anna Coren CNN Sure

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