The number of children put to work in Afghanistan is growing, fueled by the collapse of the economy after the Taliban took over the country a year ago.

T he United Nations said on Wednesday that around 138 million children around the world are still working in factories and fields. Given the slow pace of progress, the organisation has warned that ...

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Politics How Did Children End Up as Factory Workers in America Again? Kids as young as 12 or 13 work in jobs that are prohibited, dangerous, and grossly inappropriate places for minors.

Migrant children gut fish in New Bedford, roof houses in the Boston suburbs, toil deep into the night in greenhouses in Central Massachusetts, and work in restaurant kitchens across the state.

Afghan children work in a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, July 23, 2022. Nabila, the 12-year-old, has been working in brick factories since she was five or six.

A 9-year-old Afghan child works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing ever ...

In the 2000s alone America shed nearly 6m factory jobs. Such work often offered high-school leavers a route to a stable, ...

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of ...

A 9-year-old Afghan child works in a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Aid agencies say the number of children working in Afghanistan is growing ever ...

A cleaning company has been fined $171,000 after federal investigators found 11 children working a "dangerous" overnight shift at a meat processing plant in Iowa. The U.S. Labor Department sa id ...