Five Million Children Out of School

[Admin Khan]

The long term conflicts have kept Afghans away from proper education. It was the Taliban’s government when girls were not allowed to get education and boys had to only learn religious subjects. Since the ouster of Taliban in 2001, many are going to schools but still there are numerous hurdles and challenges ahead of this sector in Afghanistan. The Taliban have not given up there hostile attitude towards schools, teachers and students, especially the female students. Another hurdle is the poor economic condition of thousands of Afghan families who can not afford sending their children to schools. This causes thousands of children to become child laborers and be involved in various kinds of works to win bread for their families. In this regard, government officials say that lack of educational facilities and attacks by Taliban have kept millions of school-age children out of schools and pleaded with insurgents to stop such attacks. That is a huge number. Conceiving that an educated future generation can play the most important role in development of Afghanistan, the government has to concentrate to make proper education plans and increasing the funds specified for educational activities. Not having enough economical strength has caused many families to send their children to works. In Afghanistan child workers are employed in shops; work as street vendors and work in vehicle repair or metal workshops, tailoring and farming. In Kabul and many other major cities of Afghanistan, there are street children who shine shoes, beg, clean cars and collect and sell scrap metal, paper and firewood. Children can also be seen in garbage areas searching for things which can be sold for cash or get something to eat and kill their hunger. The government has to support the families so that they can send their children for getting education. This is the only remedy. If not, many of these child laborers will go astray in their lives and could become criminals and create problems for the masses of Afghan society.

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[Talal]

I think more than this they need to create jobs, its not about the money to get these kids in schools its what comes afterwards. Lot of parents knowing that there are no job opportunities dont end up sending them. I wish Pakistan could increase the quota for the students they take in, Afghan population isn't that much and i think India Pakistan and Iran can come together to very effectively tackle this..but sadly thats a Utopian train of thought

[Admin Khan]

I think more than this they need to create jobs, its not about the money to get these kids in schools its what comes afterwards. Lot of parents knowing that there are no job opportunities dont end up sending them. I wish Pakistan could increase the quota for the students they take in, Afghan population isn't that much and i think India Pakistan and Iran can come together to very effectively tackle this..but sadly thats a Utopian train of thought

There are millions of Afghans already in the Pakistani school system. There are so many Afghans in Pakistan[Karachi]that Pakistan can't even recognize who is who. These Afghans own businesses, and they have employed the locals.

[Talal]

There are millions of Afghans already in the Pakistani school system. There are so many Afghans in Pakistan[Karachi]that Pakistan can't even recognize who is who.

more scholarships perhaps..the US puts billions of USD's to war every year it would take but a slight fraction of that to get these kids an education

[Admin Khan]

more scholarships perhaps..the US puts billions of USD's to war every year it would take but a slight fraction of that to get these kids an education

Talal, Afghanistan with a proper leadership is self-sufficient. It already has trade agreements with Pakistan that allows it to use it's ports. Not to mention it has similar agreements with Central Asia as well. It has a nearly 100 year friendship with Turkey(Afghanistan was the 2nd nation to recognize the independence of Turkey)and it's all 'buddy-buddy' with the USA right now. The aid that is given to Afghanistan is not being spent the way it should be in Afghanistan. Instead, the war lords are building luxurious houses in shaar-e-nu of Kandahar, and shaar-e-nu of Kabul. The Afghan "elite" is who benefits from the aid. The locals don't see a dime. Afghanistan and Pakistan both have important geo-strategic locations. The west needs them, it's not really vice-versa. Exerting influence on Pakistan and Afghanistan is important to any empire, simply because of it's strategic locations. The USA can't allow Pakistan or Afghanistan to be powerful. It will always have an upper hand. If the USA truly wanted to bring "development" for the billions they spent on building swimming pools in Kandahar, they could've renovated and improved KU[Kandahar University, and Kabul University]. If the USA really wants to bring improvement, the need to lead an example by bringing this "improvement" to the two largest cities, Kabul and Kandahar, respectively. Instead, you have war lords like Karzais brother controlling Southern Afghanistan, and similar mickey mouse clowns running Northern Afghanistan. The educated Afghan elite left Afghanistan for the west. And can we blame them? I wouldn't. When you have 5th graders as governors, even I would be worried. After all, that does not indeed sound pretty alarming.

The same applies for Pakistan as well. Pakistan is one of the richest nations in the world[by several reserves].

[unknownprince]

this is a crime