Afghan orphans

• Education
• Abuse
• Health
• Terrorist Attacks
• Identity
• Child Marriages
• Disabled Children

Afghan Orphans

• Child Soldiers
• Child Labor
• Sexual Abuse

Sometimes the orphans are discriminated amidst the guardian’s own children and their education is given secondary attention. ("Children" par. 16 and 17)

Orphans also have a high vulnerability to sexual abuse, forced prostitution and financial exploitation due to not having the basic means of survival.

They is also health problems. Children in Afghanistan suffer from chronic malnutrition. In fact 1 in 10 children die before reaching the age of 5 years. ("Afghan" par. 1)

Because of the lack of medical supplies and medical related machinery the child mortality rate is particularly high in Afghanistan("Children" par. 2)

Afghanistan also holds the saddening record of being the country, which has the highest number of terrorist attacks aimed at schools, at girl’s schools in particular ("Children" par.6 and 7).

Afghanistan also has a lack of documentation so many children don’t have birth certificates of proof of identity. 6% of births are officially recorded in Afghanistan ("Children" par. 21)

Between 2000 and 2009, almost 40% of young women, when interviewed, confided that they were given in marriage before the age of 18. ("Children" par. 20).

Because of the large amount of landmines many children have fallen victim to the explosions. Children have died or became disabled because of this. ("Children" par.19).

Children became child soldiers after being brainwashed, taught how to handle weapons, and went to war. many children at the ages of 6 were used as suicide bombers.

In Afghanistan, around 20% of children are expected to work in order to provide for themselves ("Children" par. 8).

Moreover, many among them are victims of sexual abuse. Unfortunately, the majority of the victims do not dare to reveal the unpleasant experiences they have gone through

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