Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Afghanistan. Ripresa del commercio

Out of money? Sell your daughter
By Haytullah Gaheez
JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Zeva's eyes filled with tears
as the 10-year-old's father took her by the arm and
handed her over to the man from whom he had borrowed
50,000 afghanis, or about $1,000.
"I cannot pay you in any other way. Take my daughter,"
said Gul Miran, 42, a farmer in Nangarhar province.
Like many other farmers in Afghanistan, Gul Miran had
planned to pay back the loan with the proceeds from his
crop of poppies, which would eventually be turned into
heroin. But as part of its stepped-up effort to combat
the drug trade in the country, the government had
ploughed under his fields, and Gul Miran was left with
nothing.
"I accepted the girl in return for my loan," said Haji
Naqibullah, who had advanced Gul Miran the money. "We
had an agreement. He would (pay me back) regardless of
whether his crops were wiped out by the weather or by
the government.
"In a year or 18 months I will marry her off to my
youngest son," he said. "He is 19 years old and has
been married to his first wife for two years but has
not had a child yet."
Payenda Gul, who grows poppies in the Shinwar district,
was forced to give his 17-year-old daughter to a
38-year-old in order to pay his debt.
"When you have an agreement with an opium dealer,
nothing but the opium can be paid but they cannot
refuse the daughters. It is a way in which a dealer can
find a wife for himself or for a son. The son may be
disabled or he may be growing older and not had a wife.
It is easy to present him with a pretty girl.''
Payenda Gul holds the government responsible for the
situation.
"They cannot do anything about the big drug dealers but
they come and plough up the small farmers' poppies and
this creates the problem,'' he said. A 17-year-old girl
from Jalalabad province, who refuses to disclose her
name, said her father forced her into an engagement
with a blind man. She said her father had taken out a
loan of $1,600 but his fields had been ploughed under
and he had had no choice but to offer her in return for
his debt.
"I will be serving my blind husband to the end of my
life,'' she said. "I am an Afghan girl and have to
respect my father's choice even though I disagree with it.''
Moalem Lal Faqir, a poppy grower in the Khogyani
district, also owes money but he refuses to give away
his daughter. "The government ploughed my fields and I
lost everything,'' he said. "The man who loaned me the
money is 50 years old and wants my 20-year-old daughter
as his second wife.
"But I will not do this. I will sell the land that I
inherited but I will never give him my daughter.''
Syed Jafer Muram, deputy director of the Nangarhar
narcotics-control section in Nangarbar province, said
that farmers have few legal options to resolve their
debts with drug dealers. "Cases like this don't come to
the notice of officials,'' he said. "If a father tried
to get help for his daughter he would be arrested for
opium trading.''
Sharifa Shahab, an official with the International
Committee on Human Rights, said the organization is
aware of the situation but that there is little that
can be done unless official complaints are lodged.
"It's a very sad situation,'' she said.
Haytullah Gaheez is a journalist in Jalalabad who
writes for London's Institute for War & Peace
Reporting.

 
Un post davvero inutile. Oppure dobbiamo veramente accogliere
l'insinuazione che la vendita dei figli per debiti l'hanno introdotta
gli americani?
Bah..ti stai pomerizzando, stacca un po' da IPI.
Senza rancore, eh..

 gli americani?
Volevo semplicemente dire (e provare con un esempio) che la situazione
economica afghana sta precipitando. Visto che tutti si interessano allo
"stato democratico" dei popoli e non a come detti popoli si procurino il
pranzo e la cena, il mio post mi sembra tutt'altro che inutile. Gli yanquis
ce li hai ficcati tu, mon ami.
Namib

il mio post mi sembra tutt'altro che inutile.
Se lo dici tu... :)
*LOL*
-Stefano

 Dovresti deciderti una buona volta
E tu dovresti deciderti ad imparare a leggere:
"They cannot do anything about the big drug dealers but
they come and plough up the small farmers' poppies and
this creates the problem.''
Claro?
Namib

 Volevo semplicemente dire (e provare con un esempio)
Provare cosa? Casi di tentativi di vendita di figli ci sono stati anche 
qui in Italia, ma cosa provano?
Palmiro Pangloss
-- 
"But, Michael, if you ever show up at my front door with a camera I'll 
kill you."
Clint Eastwood to Michael Moore
National Board of Review awards dinner at the Tavern on the Green, New 
York, NY 11.01.05

 ce li hai ficcati tu, mon ami.
Semmai scrivi yankees, non e' un NG boliviano ;-P
Ti ricordo che gli yankees sono li' insieme alla comunita'
internazionale, sotto egida ONU. Pensa, ci sono tes amis, i francesi.
Bah...stacca un po' da IPI e ritorna lucido, please.

 Bah...stacca un po' da IPI e ritorna lucido, please.
Ok, ma solo dopo che sarà passata la tua, di sbronza. Prosit.
Namib

 qui in Italia, ma cosa provano?
E' un caso singolo, di una situazione economica deterioratasi. Come forse
ricorderai, se ne era parlato anche in margine ad un interessante art. da
"Asia Times" ("Nascita di un narcostato"). La circostanza descritta
nell'art. non "prova" niente, ma circostanze del genere nascono in
situazioni economicamente degradate, ne converrai. Shalom.
Namib

 ma circostanze del genere nascono in situazioni economicamente degradate, ne converrai. 
Ovvio, mai sentito di traders di Wall Street che vendono il figlio. Ma a 
memoria mia l'Afghanistan non e' mai stato economicamente florido, anzi 
l'opposto. Se volevi dire che l'Afghanistan e' un posto di merda dove 
nascere (anche) perche' e' poverissimo sono piu' che daccordo, se volevi 
dire che l'Afghanistan e' poverissimo perche' USA & C. hanno abbattuto 
il regime talebano, beh, non sono daccordo.
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del genere nascono in situazioni economicamente degradate,
Ma non dire puttanate!!!
-Stefano

sciagure.
Puttanata dimostrata .... DA COSA?  Dal tuo esempio del ca**o?
*ROTFL*
Ma per favore!
-Stefano

 Pu[cut]
Approfitto dello spazio-zero offerto dal povero De Cesari (una prece) per
segnalare come anche in Germania il commercio prosperi. E' OT, ma
(cupamente) "divertente"... Shalom.
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German mother offers child on eBay
Koblenz, , Apr. 22 (UPI) -- A German mother and her boyfriend are being
investigated for trying to sell the woman's young daughter on the eBay
Internet auction site.
Three bidders, who allegedly pushed the top offer for the 8-year-old girl
up to 25.50 euros ($30.35) are also under investigation for attempted
human trafficking, German news agency DPA reports.
It is not clear whether the Internet auction posting was intended to be a
joke or was a serious offer to sell the girl as a "real working toy," as
she was advertised.
The 41-year-old mother and her 35-year-old boyfriend live in the western
German city of Koblenz and are the subject of an investigation by the
Koblenz police.
They allegedly posted a picture of the girl to eBay's German-language
auction site with a starting price of one euro ($1.19) and a description
saying, "you can play with her."

 Namib

 
Cosi' offendi la tua intelligenza...bah...ma che hai passato le
vacanza a pescare sul Terzolle? ;-P

 Io sono nato in zona di vini, quindi li reggo meglio ;-P
Sorry. Anch'io vivo fra le vigne :)
Namib

 Namib

 Tze'..cosa vuoi che sia un po' di bianco dei Colli ;-PPPPPPPPPP
La mia zona produce possenti vini che raggiungono anche i 14°, secchi e
maligni (nonché ottimi). E *non* da taglio. Ma è anche vero che io NON sono
un intenditore, bensì un semplice bevitore. Qui sul ng, invece, ci sono vari
esperti... Shalom.
Namib

In un territorio frazionato (erano anche le obiezioni dell'Unocal),
Puttanata :)
-Stefano

 maligni (nonché ottimi). E *non* da taglio. 
Toni e' milanese e tu laziale. Abbiate pudore :-)
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 Toni e' milanese e tu laziale. Abbiate pudore :-)
Vabbeh, contro l'aristocrazia toscana non c'è partita... P.S. Certo, Milano
dà regolarmente forfait, in questo campo...
Namib

 Namib