KABUL -- The Torkham border crossing is a busy hub of trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan, on a direct route between the two countries' capitals. Every day, young Afghan children try to smuggle bags of goods over the frontier, hiking through mountains or hiding in the undercarriages of trucks.
Afghanistan turmoil
Afghan children risk death smuggling across border with Pakistan
Under Taliban rule, hundreds of minors traffic goods each day for families' sake
Afghan children scramble onto a truck heading to Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing on Jan. 23. (Photo by Kanika Gupta)
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