Tushla Bazi, a game

12 Jan 2012 | no comments » Children

Tushla bazi (glass marble game) is the most famous traditional game among Afghan children. These glass made marble balls are found everywhere in Afghanistan. Children’s pockets could be empty of anything but marble balls. In Tushla Bazi, the winner would go home with full pocket of marbles and losers would go empty and upset. Recently, children have been gambling over stationary like pens and pencils. It’s said that marbles have been played by children since ancient Egyptian times. If you see Afghan children, glass marbles could be a valuable gift for them.

Family Breadwinner

04 Nov 2011 | no comments » Children

UNICEF says more than 30 percent of children of elementary-school age are working on the streets in Afghanistan and are often their family’s sole breadwinners. That means that millions of children are not going to school. Child labor in Afghanistan is also rampant, with many impoverished families selling their kids into forced labor, sexual exploitation, and early marriage. UN says a total of 1,396 children were killed or maimed (486 killed & 910 maimed) in 2010. This is a 35% rise compared to 2009, mainly owing to an increase in indiscriminate methods of warfare and asymmetric attacks by armed groups.

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Ghor Children

10 Sep 2011 | no comments » Children

Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school.  Click Image to Enlarge.

Defenseless war victims

27 Jul 2011 | no comments » Children

Five Afghan children were injured in an air-strike that was carried out by a UK Apache helicopter. Four months ago, 9 children who were gathering firewood in the mountains were killed in a similar airstrike which was carried out by U.S forces. Gen. Petraeus, issued a swift apology which was followed by a strong statement by Karzai who called the action “a ruthless attack.” An apology is not enough and doesn’t bring back their lives. Every death of innocent person, makes more enemies for foreign forces.

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Afghan children

21 Jul 2011 | 1 comment » Children

Afghanistan is the worst country for a child to be born in, according to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. Three decades of ongoing conflict have left tens of thousands of children orphaned on the street. The challenges are daunting, especially for children and women. Even though political and economic uncertainty and personal and community insecurity still exist in much of Afghanistan. 1 in 4 children die before reaching their 5th birthday. Only 50% of all Afghan children between the ages of 7 and 13 attend school.

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