child labor

Tired of a difficult life, 11-year-old Salma is forced by poverty to work in a brick kiln with her ailing father to support her family in eastern Nangarhar province.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Children engaged in labor work in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, say they dropped out of school due to poverty and

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A child laborer was hit by a truck and died at Torkham port in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said. Officials

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): On Children’s Day, some residents of western Badghis province say children in the province do not enjoy their basic rights . . .

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) officials in the southern region say poverty . . .

FARAH (Pajhwok): More than 8,500 children have been engaged in labor works in western Farah province, with only five percent of government services . .