At a brick kiln outside the Afghan capital of Kabul, children as young as 4 years old work, often doing heavy labor carrying and stacking bricks. More and more Afghan families have been forced to put their children to work as the economy collapses.
Already high, the number of children put to work in Afghanistan is growing, fueled by the collapse of the economy after the Taliban took over the country and the world cut off financial aid just over a year ago.
The kids work with a determination born out of knowing little else but their families’ need. When asked about toys or play, they smile and shrug. Only a few have been to school. Asked what he wished for, he first asked, “What is a wish?” Then once it was explained, he was quiet a moment, thinking. “I wish to go to school and eat good food,” he said, then added: “I wish to work well so that we can have a house.”
“There’s no other way,” he said. “How can they study when we don’t have bread to eat? Survival is more important.”Workers get the equivalent of $4 for every 1,000 bricks they make. One adult working alone can’t do that amount in a day, but if the children help, they can make 1,500 bricks a day, workers said.
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