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| A nine-year-old Afghan boy works in a small Kabul carpet factory. In Afghanistan's capital alone, an estimated 50,000 children work full time to help support their families. According to the country's newly created Human Rights Commission, 80 percent of these workers are boys; 54 percent are between 12 and 14, and 33 percent are between eight and 10 years of age. The commission estimates that close to 70 percent of Kabul's working children work longer than eight hours a day. Eighty-six percent work seven days a week. According to the World Bank, child labor is most concentrated in Asia and Africa, which account for more than 90 percent of child employment. India has the world's largest pool of child workers, with 44 million. Nigeria leads Africa with 12 million.
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| Photo: Reuters/Peter Andrews |
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