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Poverty in Afghanistan is driving some families to take desperate measures. They are sending boys as young as five across the border into Pakistan, to buy cheap flour, and smuggle it back home. But the youngsters are risking injury, even death. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports.

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Uploaded: October 3, 2008 at 7:21 am
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crazymanx777x (Friday 17th of October 2008 03:40:52 AM)
i know how it is i was there and i done sum of those jobs that this youngsters doing. Man I hoped i was a RICH guy than i would rebiuld my country. i would buy the bestest weapons inthe world fo Army.and build a bad ass army. and bulid a big ass china wall all over afghanistan's borders. and kick out all pashtuns and pakis to pakistan and tell if they come again we well chop your dicks with machetes lol
xboxatinamedotcom (Tuesday 14th of October 2008 04:24:39 PM)
news flash pal pashtuns don't know what a trash can is.
xboxatinamedotcom (Tuesday 14th of October 2008 04:22:02 PM)
Been there in 2005 with marine corps we kicked ass and helped people at the same time
STR8LDN (Tuesday 7th of October 2008 09:50:31 AM)
long live afghanistan, fuck da prickz hu tink dey can take our country over.
congiestale (Sunday 5th of October 2008 10:58:51 AM)
These western pussies can never defeat mujahideen.
congiestale (Sunday 5th of October 2008 10:51:37 AM)
Western concept of democracy cannot be imported specially in muslim countries .Nato and allies should quit this "Mission Impossible" at the earliest before the economic disaster further disable them.
Uaz31 (Friday 3rd of October 2008 08:02:11 PM)
Familyradio dott comm for great Bibical resource and timeline for the rapture as May 21 2011 and the end of time Oct 21 2011.
hamidsahil (Friday 3rd of October 2008 06:58:36 PM)
stop being an animal
riseofthepashtuns (Friday 3rd of October 2008 04:33:48 PM)
get the fuck outta here, you know and i know that ii is pashtuns whom have spared the rest of the world from brutal superpower for example communist"soviet union", hazaras"mongol hoards and now amaeriacs form of fake ass democracy, they too will suffer same defeat as the rest
riseofthepashtuns (Friday 3rd of October 2008 04:32:20 PM)
whats that suppose to mean, dont hate on the might pashtun