This Devastating Report Will Haunt You

ACLJ Senior Advisor for National Security and Foreign Policy Ric Grenell responds to a horrific, alarming report by CNN that the Taliban are forcing parents to sell their daughters as child brides. The report details the devastating story of one family who had to sell their 15-year-old months ago and are now getting ready to sell their 9-year-old, as well. The report states, “Abdul Malik . . . . can't sleep at night. Ahead of the sale, he told CNN he's "broken" with guilt, shame and worry. He had tried to avoid selling her -- he traveled to the provincial capital city Qala-e-Naw to search unsuccessfully for work, even borrowing "lots of money" from relatives, and his wife resorted to begging other camp residents for food. But he felt he had no choice if he wants to feed his family. "We are eight family members," he told CNN. "I have to sell to keep other family members alive."