A mother told how she was forced to sell one of her newborn twins in order to get money to feed the other.
The Afghan mum ave the baby to a childless couple in return for $104 which she hoped would buy enough food to last her family for another six months.
Drought had reportedly forced the mum and her husband off of their farm earlier this year and into a nearby city, where her husband and second-eldest son worked as labourers before the Taliban took over and left them without work.
The tragic story was uncovered by Save the Children.
The 40-year-old. mother told the charity that she birth to the twins - a boy and a girl - around four or five months ago, shortly after leaving their farm due to drought.
The woman explained that all of the children's clothes are secondhand and donated by locals.
She told how she planned to keep both children, but was unable to gather enough food for the two and the rest of the family.
Her husband, 45, works as a labourer but says there are only enough jobs for one day of work in five - and the day's wages, roughly $1, are enough for just two days of food.
She says a childless couple approached her and offered $104 to take her newborn son away.
Initially she refused, but after several days of seeing the boy cry with nothing to eat - she decided that giving him away was the best option to provide for him and for her remaining children.
She said: '"It was hard. Harder than you can imagine. I gave my child away because of destitution... I was unable to take care of him and I could not afford anything."
