The current economic challenges in the country have forced some children in the capital to engage in hard labor.

These children call on the Islamic Emirate to provide them with access to education and support for their families.

One of the places where children in Kabul are engaged in difficult labor is car repair shops scattered across the city, where they work among heavy tools.

Bilal and Usman, both working from dawn to dusk to earn a living for their families, are employed in one of these repair shops.

Bilal told TOLOnews: "We have economic problems. We ask the government to help us and provide us with education."

Usman, a child laborer, said: "At 8 AM, I go to school. After school, I return to the shop to work and take something home. I earn 100 afghanis a day, which I bring home for them to buy something."

Many children, like Bilal and Usman, are engaged in strenuous labor.

Musa, who also works in a repair shop, told our reporter that he is currently in the seventh grade and wants to continue his studies. Musa called on the Islamic Emirate: "I work here from 8 AM to 4 PM to support my family and take something home."

"One of the serious psychological effects of hard labor on children is that they experience anxiety, which eventually leads to violence," said Naveedullah Danishyar, a university scholar.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has assured that efforts are underway to support child laborers across the country.

Samiullah Ebrahimi, spokesperson for the ministry of labor and social affairs, told TOLOnews: "Many of these children were engaged in hard labor, but they have been accommodated in orphanages according to the ministry’s policies and conditions."

Poverty and unemployment in many parts of the country are among the fundamental reasons that force children into difficult labor.