Looking at the population pyramid of Afghanistan, it has about as many youngsters under 18 as people in the 18-60 age bracket. https://www.populationpyramid.ne

Looking at the population pyramid of Afghanistan, it has about as many youngsters under 18 as people in the 18-60 age bracket. https://www.populationpyramid.net/afghanistan/2023/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/afghanistan/2023/ With a population structure like this, you don't really have any choice but to tap at least part of the under-18 population into the workforce. Western societies at the same level of development did precisely the same.