NEILI (Pajhwok): Police detained four persons and foiled an attempt to sell off a 10 year-old girl for marriage in Miramor district of central Daikundi province, local officials said on Sunday.
Abdul Qadir, chief of Miramor district, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a family in Ashto village wanted to sell their minor daughter to another family, but local officials and police frustrated the deal.
He said the girl was sent to a shelter house in Neili city, the capital of Daikundi, for her protection.
The detainees included father of the girl, father . . .
