Child Labour in Afghan Coal Mines
Underage workers routinely endure hot, dusty and dangerous conditions.
Underage workers routinely endure hot, dusty and dangerous conditions.
Children face routine beatings both at home and at school.
Activists warn of flourishing trade in male prostitution and “bacha bazi” or boy play.
A lack of security in districts means that boys and girls can simply not learn.
Impoverished parents and organised gangs routinely exploit children for profit.
Students in Ghazni province say that they are too ashamed to make formal complaints.
Teenagers are left traumatised, with little recourse to official complaint.
Whole families live and work in brick factories, struggling to pay off impossible debts.
Locals already struggling to cope with a general rise in food costs.
The conflict has had a brutal impact on local education services.