MAIMANA (Pajhwok): The sale of a two-month-old baby by his poverty-stricken parents in northern Faryab province has been stopped in northern Faryab province, the governor’s office said on Monday.
Deputy Governor Abdul Muqeem Rasikh told Pajhwok Afghan News they were informed that a family planned selling the baby in Maimana, the provincial capital, due to abject poverty.
Rasikh said the baby’s father -- a drug addict -- had come to Maimana for the treatment of the ailing child. But the man, who had no money to return home, decided to sell the . . .
