Teenager Films Afghan Child Labor

School Documentary Project Seeks to Illuminate Open Secret: Young Boys atWork in Remote Coal Mines

Quelle: Artikel von Dion Nissenbaum im Wall Street Journal vom 14.07.2012

„A video shot by an 18-year-old Afghan in the claustrophobic passages of a coal mine casts new light on one of Afghanistan’s most disturbing challenges. Children as young as 10 toil in illegal mines, often for 12 hours a day, activists say. Afghan officials agree the problem is stubborn despite recent efforts. The boys represent a thorny obstacle to the nation’s push to transform its antiquated mining industry into a modern economic engine…“