Afghanistan has been gripped by a devastating economic crisis that has wiped out incomes, sent food prices soaring and left millions hungry. For families struggling simply to put food on the table the growing economic hardship is pushing more and more children into work. Thousands flocked to northern Afghanistan’s notoriously dangerous mines after the Taliban seized power last year, desperate to scrape out a living amid an economy in ruins. From men in their 60s to boys as young as 10, hundreds of miners work every day in Chinarak for just a few dollars. Welcome to: ‘LOST YOUTH Afghan Child Miners’
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