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Afghanistan’s Street Children

YEAR: 2008 / DURATION: 12 MINS/ DIRECTOR: PAUL COMITI / PRODUCTION COMPANY: TAC PRESSE/ VERSION AVAILABLE: FRENCH

In Afghanistan of tens of thousands of children live and work in the street. They survive by begging and stealing, often paying a heavy price for their vulnerability. In one horrific case, a nine year old girl was murdered by customs officers on the border between Afganistan and Pakistan for the bags of flour she was carrying. We report on the lost children of Afghanistan.

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