Shapiro slams Biden over reports of forced child marriages, sexual abuse in Afghanistan
Ben Shapiro Slams President Biden for Forced Child Marriages in Afghanistan
In a scathing critique on his Tuesday podcast, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro unleashed his fury on President Biden as distressing reports of forced child marriages continue to emerge from Afghanistan, the very country Biden abandoned.
Shapiro began by reminding listeners of the dire state in which Biden left Afghanistan, despite his administration’s claims that nothing bad would happen. “Now people are selling their eight-year-old girls into marriage,” Shapiro exclaimed.
Shapiro referred to a powerful opinion piece titled “In the new Afghanistan, it’s sell your daughter or starve” by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair, published in The Washington Post.
Their names are Khoshbakht, Saliha, Fawzia, Benazir, Farzana, and Nazia — Afghan girls aged 8 to 10 who have been sold into marriage. Desperation forced their parents to thrust them into brutal adulthood. In Shahrak-e-Sabz, a settlement of makeshift mud-brick homes and tents for the displaced in Herat province that we visited last month, our researchers counted 118 girls who had been sold as child brides, and 116 families with girls waiting for buyers. This amounts to 40 percent of families surveyed, even though the Taliban decreed in late 2021 that women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage.
Sinclair vividly described the hellish conditions in Shahrak-e-Sabz, a barren desert with no shade trees, minimal protection from sandstorms and harsh weather, and no basic amenities like running water, electricity, or heat. The families living there left behind decent lives to escape climate change and conflict, surviving on meager rations of stale bread and black tea.
Highlighting the alarming rise of child marriages in Afghanistan, Sinclair emphasized that girls are prohibited from attending school beyond the sixth grade. She explained, “Sequestered at home, a girl becomes just another mouth to feed. But as a bride, she’s a valuable commodity. A $2,000 bride price is enough to feed a family for a year.”
Sinclair further revealed the horrifying nightmares these girls endure in their new in-laws’ homes, including verbal, physical, and sexual abuse disguised as matrimony.
Shapiro couldn’t help but sarcastically remark, “So things are going amazingly well in Afghanistan. It turns out that Joe Biden’s cowardice actually has real-world consequences. These stories are absolutely horrifying.”
He then shared the heart-wrenching story of Farzana, a nine-year-old girl whose mother, struggling to survive after her husband’s tragic car accident, was forced to borrow money and sell Farzana for $4,300. The buyer insists on taking Farzana immediately, while her mother desperately tries to keep her until she reaches the age of 18. However, the buyer’s intentions are questionable, as Shapiro suggests, either to rape her or subject her to a life of slavery.
“Welcome to Joe Biden’s world, ma’am. It’s a great, wonderful, wonderful place,” Shapiro concluded, dripping with sarcasm.
What is the role of the United States in preventing and addressing the issue of forced child marriages in Afghanistan
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Shapiro expressed disgust at the inhumane treatment of these young girls and placed the blame squarely on Biden. ”This is on Biden’s hands,” he declared. “He left Afghanistan without a proper plan in place, and now innocent children are suffering the consequences.”
Shapiro went on to criticize Biden’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, stating that it created a power vacuum that the Taliban swiftly filled. “Biden’s naive belief that the Taliban would simply become a peaceful and inclusive government was a grave miscalculation,” Shapiro asserted.
The forced child marriages are just one example of the horrific human rights abuses that have escalated in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover. Women and girls are being stripped of their fundamental rights and reduced to objects of property, with no agency or autonomy.
Shapiro emphasized the moral obligation of the United States to protect the vulnerable and fight against such atrocities. “We cannot turn a blind eye to these atrocities,” he stated. “As a nation that champions human rights, we must demand accountability and take action to alleviate the suffering of these innocent children.”
In conclusion, Shapiro condemned President Biden for his failure to prevent the ongoing forced child marriages in Afghanistan. He called for a reevaluation of U.S. foreign policy and a renewed focus on human rights as a central pillar of American values. “We cannot allow ourselves to ignore the suffering of others,” Shapiro concluded. “We must learn from our mistakes and strive for a better future.”
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