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Economic hardship: Takhar school students switch to hard labour

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TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Some school students in northern Takhar province have started hard labour such as gold mining to help their families economically.

They said tough economic situation forced them to hard labour and supported their families by earning 100 afs to 150 afs daily.

Sher Ahmad, the student of 10th class, told Pajhwok Afghan News with each passing day the problems of his family exceeded and that forced him to work in the gold mine instead of going to school.

Sher Ahmad said he earned 100 afs to 150 afs daily, although work in the god mine was a difficult . . .

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