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A young vendor sifts charcoal at his stall in Herat, Afghanistan
A young vendor sifts charcoal at his stall in Herat, Afghanistan.
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Poverty
Kabul's beggar children working the streets
A child sleeps on the ground as she waits for alms ahead of the upcoming holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Afghan children work at a coal yard in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Afghan children work at a coal yard in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
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Poverty in Afghanistan
"They Bear All the Pain" : Hazardous Child Labor in Afghanistan
The Afghan government is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as 5, from hazardous conditions in the workplace, in vio…
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Poverty in Afghanistan
Child Labor in Afghanistan Remains a Problem
An Afghan boy selling boiled eggs waits for customers at a coal dump site on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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War in Afghanistan (2001–14)
In Afghanistan, childhood is often a full-time job
An Afghan street vendor, selling peanuts, waits for customers on the outskirts of Kabul.
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Poverty in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, childhood is often a full-time job
Sami Rahimi sleeps fitfully on a bread rack above the bakery's cold concrete floor. He rises at 5 a.m., sweeps up, washes in a pan of chilly …
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Children's rights
A boy prepares biscuits at a factory in Afghanistan
A boy prepares biscuits at a small traditional factory in Afghanistan.
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Of an estimated 215 child laborers around the globe: approximately 114 million (53%) are in Asia and the Pacific.
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