Laborers in Kabul’s industrial parks complained on Sunday they are paid 200 Afs as a daily wage despite working 12 hours a day.

They said that unemployment has forced them to work for only 5000 Afs a month.

Some factory owners have conceded that because of growing unemployment, firms and factories are hiring the laborers for little money and exploit workers’ rights in doing so.

Alongside economic hardships, unemployment is one of the key reasons forcing the laborers to work for less money.

Abdul Rahman is a laborer who returned from Pakistan with his family of 13 members. He now works for 12 hours a day in Kabul’s industrial park and the company pays him only 5500 Afs a month.

Abdul Rahman, currently he lives in a relative’s house because of financial difficulties.

“There are some factories who hardly manage to hire laborers. Some workers are hired for less money. Up to fifteen people ask us for work in a week, but we are unable to hire all of them,” said Sherzad Yousufzai, a factory owner in Kabul’s industrial park.

“I came here for work from Nangarhar, but now I am compelled to work for a low wage despite doing heavy duty work. I work twelve hours a day and stay here day and night,” said labor Ziaullah.

In the view of current unemployment in the country, labor unions have blasted the government for not implementing the labor law to protect the rights of the workers in the country.

Labor unions say employers are exploiting the legal gaps at the expense of the rights of their laborers.