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Sexual harassment of children on the rise in Kandahar

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) officials in the southern region say poverty, joblessness, parental inattention and other factors have contributed to an increase in sexual harassment of children in Kandahar province.

Shamsuddin Tanwir, child affairs director at AIHRC, told Pajhwok Afghan News in an exclusive interview seven cases of sexual harassment were registered in Kandahar during the first nine months of the current solar year, compared with only three last year.

He said the . . .

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