Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Poverty pushing Afghan families to sell young girls into marriage • FRANCE 24 English" video.

  1. Ah no. A lot of people would rather starve, and don't take the parent's word for it on their heartbreak, as their faces and tones seem indifferent.
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  2. All of Afghanistan is poor. You want the US to come back and give them vocational training? And these parents don't look near as broken up as they say they are.
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  3. Poverty is a mighty thin excuse for whoring out your daughters. And it's not like they don't do this to rise up the ranks of government too.
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  4. That's silly. The current richest man in the world has a large family. As did Sam Walton and others. There's very little formalized employment in Afghanistan, with most people working kitchen industries and day laborers for just a few dollars a day. That's poor no matter how many kids you got.
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  5. That's silly. These are normal Afghans who have never had a bank account or have ever left the country.
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