The directors asked Mr. Barakzai if he would look into child labor in the coal mines.
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Mr. Barakzai says he was determined to do more than routine interviews in the safety of the capital.
Mr. Barakzai and a young teacher named Ahmad followed a ten-year-old miner deep into the mine to film the video.
Mr. Barakzai was shocked by what he saw: Scores of boys in tattered clothes popped in and out of mine entrances.
Afghan mining minister Wahidullah Shahrani said in an interview that he couldn't be sure if the mine filmed by Mr. Barakzai is still operating.
The oldest son of a disabled father, Mr. Barakzai was sent into the streets of Kabul at age five to make money for his family.
For Mr. Barakzai, the stories of child miners hit home.
"If you want to have an effective government and defeat the Taliban in people's hearts and minds, you need to start by addressing corruption, " said Zekria Barakzai, a senior officer at a government-run anticorruption agency.
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