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Afghan orphans reshape their lives at RAWA orphanages

Overview of RAWA orphanages in Pakistan and Afghanistan

August 14, 2006, Pakistan

Background: Afghanistan has been at war continuously for almost three decades. These conflicts have left behind a legacy of complete turmoil; millions of deaths, destruction of the whole landscapes and collapse of the country's infrastructure. Undoubtedly, the bulk of this tragedy was borne by the children who are the most vulnerable segment of any society and therefore the prime victims of this calamity. The children have suffered the horrors of kidnapping and child trafficking, sexual abuses, child labor in addition to appalling humiliation and degradation.