Helmand youths risk lives to scavenge for abandoned bombs and shell casings

Afghanistan: Afghan youngsters make a dangerous living out of digging in the soil for the remains of bombs and shells from the NATO-Taliban conflict due to unemployment now a big problem in Helmand, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2022. Afghanistan. Afghan Multimedia Agency

Ghulam Mohammad, scrap metal trader explained; I am searching for bullets and remaining shells which are under these grounds, and we are getting them to sell in the Bazar. Look I have found these scraps, I have found this spent bullet and scrapes around here, I found this box of bullets also. If my hack touches any bullet that will explode If I am afraid or not, it doesn’t make sense to me, what can I do? I am forced to do this, I am not educated, there are no opportunities, and I demand you to support me.

Another scrap trader, Samiullah stated, if there is no food to eat is difficult, there are children in my home who need food, and we suffer poverty and helplessness.