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The Taliban’s black gold: militants seize on coal to reboot economy

4th August, 2022 · admin

FT: As Afghanistan battles economic crisis Islamists increase exports to generate revenue with the help of child labour Dozens of men and boys, covered head to toe in coal dust, stream in and out of the mine shafts bored deep into a mountain in northern Afghanistan…  Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Environmental News, Taliban | Tags: Child Labor, Coal Mining in Afghanistan, Taliban looting resources |
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Poverty Forcing Afghan Children Into Hard Labor

8th June, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Poverty in the country has forced many children in the capital to work instead of going to school. They say they are concerned about not getting an education. Bilal, a fourteen-year-old breadwinner for his family of eight, says he sells water from morning to night on a cart and is upset that he

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News | Tags: Child Labor, Poverty |
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Child Labor in Afghanistan’s Parwan Province Increases Since Taliban Takeover

21st January, 2022 · admin

8am: Child labor figure in Afghanistan,  especially in Parwan province, has risen dramatically since the establishment of the Taliban-led government and the emergence of poverty in the country. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Child Labor, Taliban government failure |
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Poverty in Afghanistan: Child Labor Increased in Baghlan after Taliban Takeover

28th November, 2021 · admin

8am: Baghlan Residents are worried about children being forced to work hard on the streets of Pul-e-Khumri, saying that hundreds of children are working on the streets due to poverty. Local Taliban officials in Baghlan, however, say their government cannot manage the situation. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Baghlan, Child Labor, Labor conditions in Afghanistan, Taliban government failure |
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Conflicts, Poverty Threaten Nearly 4M Afghan Children: Official

20th November, 2020 · admin · 5 Comments

Tolo News: Conflicts and poverty are two severe problems facing nearly four million children in Afghanistan while 1.2 million children are associated with child labor and 3.7 are deprived of schooling due to conflicts, according to data by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children | Tags: Child Labor |
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Illegal Child Labor in Afghanistan – VOA Dari Report

7th December, 2018 · admin
Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News | Tags: Child Labor |
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Kabul’s Struggling Shoeshine Girl

27th November, 2018 · admin · 7 Comments

RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan | November 26, 2018: Twelve-year-old Ada from the Afghan capital, Kabul, polishes shoes to support her siblings and her parents who cannot work because of poor health. She is one of an estimated 1.9 million child laborers in Afghanistan.

Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Everyday Life | Tags: Child Labor |
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Children Are Paying the Price for Afghanistan’s Endless War

28th June, 2018 · admin

Foreign Policy: The unceasing conflict in Afghanistan has destroyed the institutions meant to protect children. “Nearly half of the children aged between 7 and 17 years old — 3.7 million — in Afghanistan are missing out on school,” according to the Afghan Central Statistics Organization’s figures in a UNICEF report published this month.  Approximately 2.1 million

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education | Tags: Child Labor |
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Afghan Children Direct Traffic on Mountain Pass for $4 a Day

3rd February, 2017 · admin

Associated Press: On a mountain pass outside Afghanistan’s capital, trucks barreling down the highway slow down when 11-year-old Sedaqat waves his homemade sign to warn of a hairpin turn. He spends the entire day out in the bitter cold, working as a volunteer traffic warden on a treacherous bend in the road and accepting tips from

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News | Tags: Child Labor |
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About 500,000 Afghan Children At Risk: AIHRC

31st January, 2017 · admin

Tolo News: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday said that there are serious concerns about the lives of between 300,000 and 500,000 Afghan children employed as laborers or work on the streets. The AIHRC stated that the issue of child labor affects hundreds of thousands of children who are deprived of a formal education.

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education, Human Rights | Tags: Child Labor |
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