clumsy.]]> delicate work," he says.]]> favor to the boy's impoverished father.]]> din of customers and the kiln.]]> apprentices and those 15 to 18 to perform "light work."]]> aggressive lot, competing and cajoling and jabbering.]]> cacophony of donkey carts, creaky old Toyotas, Afghan military vehicles brimming with gunmen and black SUVs ferrying warlords.]]> decorative cake tray in Hekmat's swift and nimble hands.]]> endemic in Afghanistan, despite vaguely written laws that prohibit children younger than 14 from working full time.]]> cajoling and jabbering.]]> countryside to assist his uncle, Yar Mohammed, the bakery owner, who himself began at age 8.]]> considered hazardous or dangerous to their health.]]> abuse of children who herd livestock.]]> attend school.]]> endeavor he began at age 6.]]>