TOLOnews 07 February 2012

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As Pakistan is isolated, it tries hard to take part in Afghan peace negotiations, several Afghan Senators said on Tuesday.

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The comments came as on Monday, Prime Minister, Yosuf Raza Gilani, went to Qatar and met with the Qatari Prime Minister to discuss about Afghan peace negotiations.

More than 20 children have recently died due to the cold weather in Kabul, displaced families said.

Some of the internally displaced people of the country warn that cold weather may claim more lives.

A survey conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO) between August to October 2011 shows that Afghan children including boy and girls are involved in the brick industry including.

Fifty six per cent of brick makers in the Afghan kilns are children under the age of 18 (58 per cent boys and 42 per cent girls), and 47 per centare 14 or younger (33 per cent boys and 14 per cent girls), the survey shows.