Forced Labor: The child workers of Afghanistan
By: aljazeeraenglish
Posted: Aug 28 08
Witnessed: 766 times
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Bonded labor, Child labor, Slavery & forced labor
Afghanistan, child rights, forced labor, slavery
This video contains graphic footage of human rights abuses
Thousands of children as young as four are being forced to work in brick factories in Afghanistan.
Some of them work up to 12 hours a day, to help pay off debts owed by their families.
Al Jazeera' s Teresa Bo went to the town of Sokhrod to meet some of the children, who are losing their childhood to pay off their families' debts. (June 2, 2008)
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