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6.5 million Afghan children at risk, says ministry

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KABUL, the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Disabled and Martyrs said on Sunday, seeking government’s attention to the issue.

Abdul Raziq Salar, social security director at the ministry, told a ceremony marking the ‘National Day of Protection of Vulnerable, Orphans and Unaccompanied Children,” that the number of children in danger in the country had reached up to 6.5 million.

They included orphans, unaccompanied, disabled, drug-addicted and child labors, Salar said. He said their survey showed currently 1,900,000 children were on the . . .

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