Watchdog Finds 16% Of Working Children Abused

The Afghanistan Human Rights Commission says a study has found that 1.2 million of all children in the country work.

A new report by Afghanistan Human Rights Commission shows that of the 1.2 million child laborers in the country, 16 percent of them are subjected to some form of abuse, of which 43 percent is physical abuse.

The chairperson of the commission, Sima Samar, said at an event in Kabul that child laborers in Afghanistan are aged between seven and 18 years old and that 56 percent of them have been deprived of an education.

The report shows that 90 percent of these children work more than 35 hours a week and 56 percent of them are happy about their work. However, 43 percent of them are not happy about the situation.

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Tehran is sending Afghan immigrant’s children to Syria war

Afghan Foreign Affairs Ministry expressed concern regarding the Afghan refugees’ situation in Iran, urged Tehran to stop sending Afghan immigrants to Syria war.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday reported that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has recruited Afghan immigrant children living in Iran to fight in Syria.

“Afghan children as young as 14 have fought in the Fatemiyoun division, an exclusively Afghan armed group supported by Iran that fights alongside government forces in the Syrian conflict. Under international law,” the report said. “Recruiting children under the age of 15 to participate actively in hostilities is a war crime.”

The Deputy Spokesman for Foreign Ministry, Sebghatullah Ahmadi confirmed the Human Rights Watch report and said: “We are concerned in regard and we urge Iran to prevent and stop sending Afghan refugees to Syria war, whether it is based on voluntary or by force.”

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