{"id":605971,"date":"2026-05-22T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=605971"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:03:50","slug":"bbc-slammed-into-oblivion-for-sympathizing-with-afghan-men-forced-to-sell-young-daughters-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=605971","title":{"rendered":"BBC slammed into oblivion for \u2018sympathizing\u2019 with Afghan men \u2018forced\u2019 to sell young daughters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) wants people to feel sorry for Afghan fathers who sell their daughters for money.<\/p>\n

That, at least, was what it appeared like when the BBC posted a stunning story to the social media platform X on Monday about how Afghan fathers are being \u201cforced to make impossible choices\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n

View the tweet below:<\/p>\n

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Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices https:\/\/t.co\/dQ1YJdElHX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The actual story was exactly how it sounded like it\u2019d be. It started by talking about Abdul Rashid Azimi, a father of two children who\u2019s been unable to find work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m willing to sell my daughters,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cI\u2019m poor, in debt and helpless. I come home from work with parched lips, hungry, thirsty, distressed and confused. My children come to me saying \u2018Baba, give us some bread\u2019. But what can I give? Where is the work?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I sell one daughter, I could feed the rest of my children for at least four years. It breaks my heart, but it\u2019s the only way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Next up is Saeed Ahmad, whom the BBC whined \u201chas already been forced to sell his five-year-old daughter, Shaiqa, after she got appendicitis and a cyst in her liver.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no money to pay the medical expenses, so I sold my daughter to a relative,\u201d Ahmad said, adding that the money he earned from selling his daughter paid for the surgery she needed.<\/p>\n

However, he made a deal with the relative, wherein the relative only paid for the surgery for now, but allowed Ahmad to temporarily keep his daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had taken the whole sum at that time, he would have taken her away,\u201d Ahmad explained. \u201cSo I told him just give me enough for her treatment now, and in the next five years you can give me the rest after which you can take her. She will become his daughter-in-law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservative commentator and podcast host Matt Walsh was appalled by Ahmad\u2019s story:<\/p>\n

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The most horrifying thing in this article, out of the dozens of nightmarish details, is that some of these men are selling their children to family members. Imagine that your relative needs help and you offer it only on the condition that they sell their children to you as\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/SH9r4GdNcZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cImagine that your relative needs help and you offer it only on the condition that they sell their children to you as slaves,\u201d he wrote in a tweet. \u201cAnd then imagine that they actually do it. Totally unthinkable all around.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this is the \u2018culture\u2019 in places like Afghanistan. And it\u2019s why we should have realized and accepted a long time ago that some cultures are just evil. Some people are just barbarians. You lock your door and don\u2019t let them inside, ever, period,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ahmad defended his actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had money, I would never have taken this decision,\u201d he told the BBC. \u201cBut then I thought, what if she dies without the surgery? Giving away your child at such a young age, carries a lot of anxiety. Underage [marriages] have their problems; however, because I couldn\u2019t pay for her treatment, I was thinking, at least she will be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsmax host Rob Schmitt was unimpressed by the father\u2019s reasoning.<\/p>\n

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Billions of people around the world are poor. They don\u2019t sell their daughters to be raped by old men. BBC is disgusting for covering this with empathy. https:\/\/t.co\/d0TCJPeILD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sen. Mike Lee also lashed out at the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoral neutrality when confronting pure evil is indefensible,\u201d he tweeted<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s indefensible for the BBC to tell this story\u2014of a a father selling his twin seven-year-old daughters into sex slavery\u2014with complete moral neutrality. If anything, BBC portrays this man a deeply sympathetic figure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another clip fueling widespread outrage can be seen below: <\/p>\n

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The BBC portrays an indebted Afghan father selling his 7-year-old twin daughters into sexual slavery with adult men as a man who is forced to make difficult choices<\/p>\n

\"\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb\" pic.twitter.com\/3gapy2DuZM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Visegr\u00e1d 24 (@visegrad24) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See more incensed reactions to the BBC\u2019s \u201creporting\u201d:<\/p>\n

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No father is ever forced to sell his own daughters into child sex slavery. Evil.<\/p>\n

Disgusting for you to try to frame them as victims when they\u2019re demons.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kangmin Lee | \uc774\uac15\ubbfc (@kangminlee) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Any decent father would slit his own wrists before he sold his baby daughter for rape so he could buy himself food.<\/p>\n

These men are cowards and demons, not victims. They\u2019re the reason why Afghanistan is a shithole and will always be a shithole.<\/p>\n

\u2014 pagliacci the hated \"\ud83c\udf1d\" (@Slatzism) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My great-grandma lived in extreme poverty. Managed to never sell a child though.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s almost like its a culture.<\/p>\n

And the BBC\u2019s culture is to make excuses for them. The BBC is sick.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Phil Merson (@therealpmbo) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Whoever wrote this article needs to seek Canadian health care. pic.twitter.com\/jeBjoiCA4V<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The GoobFather (@WeGoNoFurther) May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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