Child labor, malnutrition, and education restrictions have put the future of Afghanistan's youth in peril: 'This is not the right moment to forget the people of Afghanistan'

Children in Afghanistan face death, suffering, and an uncertain future a year after the Taliban takeover.

Asuntha Charles, a humanitarian aid worker, told Insider that Afghan children are in urgent need of support since the Taliban takeover.

"It's not the right time for the international community to stay away from Afghanistan, but to provide more and more support so that the future generation is not affected, but able to see life and hope," said Charles, who is from southern India.

Charles has lived in Afghanistan for 20 years and has worked with World Vision for two years. Children facing poverty and justice are the focus of the organization.

Since the Taliban regained control in August of last year, there have been a number of disasters, including an earthquake, economic collapse, and a lack of water.

I'm worried about the future of both girls and boys in this country. Charles said that the future generation is losing opportunities because of so many factors.

One million children were forced into child labor by February, according to a study by Save the Children.

Charles said it will have a psychological impact on the children who are in this country now.

Children in the Taliban controlled region work to survive.

Some children are forced to sell items to make money for food or look for litter to burn in the cold weather.

The region had made great strides in women's rights over the last 20 years, but now girls can't attend secondary school.

The lives of Afghanistan's young people are at stake.

Hundreds of children have died while playing outside due to bomb remnants from the war.

According to The Guardian, 5 million children were close to starving. According to CBS News, as of August, about ninety percent of households in the country don't have enough food to survive.

Some parents have had to make a difficult decision of selling their children to marry someone else in order to feed their family.

"That's why we really want to continue to advocate that this is not the right time to forget the people of Afghanistan and especially the children, and the global has to stand by them, and that's very important," Charles said.

She doesn't want the world to forget about Afghanistan, despite the many humanitarian issues going on around the globe.

Charles said that people tend to associate conflicts with crises because there are so many.