1. Life of the Children in Afghanistan By: Cody Hudson Martin Gregersen Per.4 May contain graphic images

2. Afghanistan is the 9th ranked country for underweight children under 5 years old

3. That means about a third of the population under 5 years old is underweight

4. Death among children is not uncommon in Afghanistan and the life expectancy is 44

5. Thousands of children have been abandoned and sent to labor orphanages

6. Even though there are working laws that forbid children to be forced to work, nearly ¼ of them work

7. Some children are forced to work at hazardous jobs

8. Winter is rough for the children who don’t have enough clothes to stay warm

9. The Taliban used to prevent girls from going to school until their downfall in 2001

10. 8 million children go to school in Afghanistan today

11. But sometimes children are forced to quit school to work

12. There are thousands of homeless children on the streets of Afghanistan

13. Girls like to play with dolls or play volleyball in their free time

14. Children in Afghanistan love to play soccer when they can

15. A lot of children do not know when their next meal will be

16. America is trying to stop child labor in Afghanistan and restore their hope

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