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Kandahar: Conflict forces 20,000 into child labour

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Mohammad Daud, an 8-year-old boy, is one of thousands of children begging daily on streets from dawn to dusk in sweltering heat in Kandahar City.

Daud came to the provincial capital from restive Arghistan district along with his five-member family a year ago as a result of fighting.

Daud’s life did not improve a jot even after he shifted to the provincial capital. Instead his misery deepened, forcing him into begging.

The boy fell on excruciating days with the death of his father in a bomb explosion. In quest of a better life . . .

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