Poverty drives Afghan women to sell their babies, bodies

KABUL -- With international organizations warning that more than half Afghanistan's population is in urgent need of economic assistance, poverty-stricken Afghans, especially women, are being forced into extreme choices as the nation grapples with destitution and economic crisis.

Hawa, a 30-year-old, widowed mother of four from Kabul's from Dasht-e-Barchi district, is desperate to save her family and put food on table. She made the wrenching decision to offer her youngest daughter for sale on Facebook for 100,000 afghani ($1,100).