VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem July 14, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Thousands of Afghan children work under hazardous conditions that can cause illness, injury, or even death, according a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch. Titled, “They Bear All the Pain: Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan”, the report says at least a quarter of Afghanistan’s children between the
Japan Times: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a “thorough investigation” into institutionalized sexual abuse of children by police, after it was revealed the Taliban are using child sex slaves to launch deadly insider attacks. There has been international condemnation of pedophilic “bacha bazi” — literally “boy play” — which has been exploited by the Taliban to mount
Daily Mail: A woman who ran a home for refugees in Sweden is under investigation for sexual offences after two Afghan boys claimed she threatened them with deportation if they refused her advances. The boys, who have not been named, say the woman encouraged them to film her having sex with each of them, according to Eskilstuna Kuriren. The
Indian Express: When Louise Pascale, an American music teacher, pulled a three decade old Afghan children’s songbook from her bookcase, she realised she was likely holding a treasure lost to Afghan children following a music ban imposed by the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link). Related Ahmad Zahir’s death anniversary observed in Kabul
Press TV June 3, 2016 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concern over a rise in recruitment and killing of children in conflict-hit countries in various parts of the world over the past year. In an annual report on children and armed conflict released Thursday, Ban expressed shock about the dire situation of children in war-torn countries
Press TV May 7, 2016 At least four children have lost their lives and another has sustained injuries in a powerful bomb explosion in a rural area in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul. Local administrative chief Wazir Mohammad Jawadi said the blast took place in the Shahjoy district of the province, which is situated 340
VOA News Zabihullah Ghazi May 5, 2016 NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN—With war still raging in Afghanistan, the country also faces the problem of child labor as families put their school-age children to work to help make ends meet. VOA encountered two families whose children toiled away at a brick-making factory. One family had been working to pay
VOA News Rahimgul Sarwan May 5, 2016 KABUL—For half a dozen years until his death last month, American musician and pop star Prince privately sent thousands of dollars to support Afghan orphans, a humanitarian organization in Afghanistan told VOA. The pop star helped Kabul-based PARSA, an international aid organization that works with orphans and the
TALUQAN, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) — Around 60 students of a girl school were mysteriously poisoned in Rustaq district of northern Afghanistan’s Takhar province on Wednesday, a police spokesman in the province said. “Some 60 students of grade seven to 12 of Mir Mulai Girl School in Rustaq district were mysteriously poisoned today at around
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 3, 2016 The family of a 5-year-old Afghan boy who received autographed jerseys from his soccer hero Lionel Messi has been forced to leave Afghanistan because of constant telephone threats. Relatives of Murtaza Ahmadi, who attracted international media coverage after being photographed wearing a homemade Argentinian soccer jersey with