At unlicensed coal mines in Afghanistan's remote Bamiyan province, children…are working with no safety protection…18-year-old [Afghan filmmaker] Fardeen Barakzai…traveled through Taliban territory in Bamiyan province to document the conditions of child laborers at an unlicensed coal mine. His film shows young boys coated in coal dust that blotches their skin and stains their teeth…U.N. officials estimate about 18% of Afghan children work—1.4 million between the ages of 6 and 15…The government awarded a Chinese consortium...the license to mine coal...[in Bamiyan], and the area will soon be turned over to it…China Metallurgical Group slated to take control of the coal deposits, said it had no idea children were used to mine coal in the area. It said it will follow Afghan law to ensure children don't work in its mines…