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U.S. Officials Concerned About Child Trafficking Among Afghan Refugees: Report

Leif Le Mahieu
U.S. Officials Concerned About Child Trafficking Among Afghan Refugees: Report
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U.S. officials are concerned that sex trafficking and underage marriages may be happening among Afghan evacuees, including in American refuge processing centers, according to a new report. 

The Associated Press reported Friday afternoon, “U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as ‘brides’ or otherwise sexually abused.”

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