3.1 million Afghan children engaged in Child Labour

More than 3 million children are trapped in hard child labour in Afghanistan, UNICEF official said in a session on World Day against Child Labour.
UN is concerned about this quantity of child labour with hazardous work, and believes that these children can be dangerous for the future of a society where they may cause lots of social and mental problems.
“There are twenty five percent of Afghan children with hazardous work, we can say that there are 3.1 million child labour, and 3.5 million children are deprived from education and school, these children are vulnerable, they can create crisis for the society in the future, these children are forced to work in construction sector, carpet weaving and even forced into marriage,” Akshay Narayan a UN official said.
This persistence of child labour is rooted in poverty and lack of decent work for adults, lack of social protection, and failure to ensure that all children are attending school.
“Most of Afghan children are deprived from education, and they have litter access to efficient foods,” Hossai Wardak one of the participants said.
The civil war in Afghanistan is another main reason which has affected Afghan children negatively. Children are among the causalities in suicide and terrorist attacks. In some cases they lose their parents or other members of the families and have to accept all responsibilities for the rest of their life.
Reported by: Farahnaz Forotan