Tag: Children’s rights
In Helmand, Children Given Opium by Mothers to Soothe Illnesses
Health Experts Warn of Severe Long-Term Effects on Children's Health and Development
In Nimroz Province, Children Forced into Hard Labor to Support Drug-Addicted Fathers
Poverty, unemployment, lack of government attention, and easy access to drugs have…
The Hands That Should Hold Books
Afghanistan’s children are being forced from classrooms into labour. Their dreams are…
Why Are Children Still Working in Brick Kilns?
Inside Afghanistan’s Brick Kilns: How Poverty, Debt, and a Broken System Are…
Stolen Childhoods, Silenced Futures
A Special Report on the Rise of Child Labour in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
The Classroom That Refuses to Disappear
In Afghanistan, over 7,000 schools have no buildings, and more than 2.2…
Children at Risk: Afghan Families Deported from Pakistan
In October 2023, Pakistan’s government announced a sweeping crackdown on undocumented migrants,…
Boundaries Beyond the Field: What Cricket Means for Afghan Children
In the shadow of a war-torn land, where bomb craters and sandstorms…
A Mother’s Struggle: How Gender Expectations Turned a Happy Marriage into a Life of Hardship in Rural Afghanistan
In a quiet corner of Nangarhar’s Sarh Rud district, Rogal, a 35-year-old…
Health and Malnutrition in Afghanistan: A Worsening Crisis Amidst Taliban Rule
For World Food Day, October 16, 2024, the Afghan Times and IUF Asia/Pacific released a report “Women…
The Afghan Times Launches New Initiative: “Know Their Stories” to Highlight the Plight of Afghan Children
The Afghan Times has announced the launch of a new initiative titled…