Recently a report was released on Aljazeera exploring the lives of Afghan children. In 2009 UNICEF released reports naming Afghanistan as the worst country in the world to be born. Because of the perpetual violence plaquing this country and the incident of widespread disease many children do not live past the age of five. Afghanistan, unforntunately, is home to the world's highest infant mortality rate: 1 in 5 kids do not live to see five years old.  Because of the Taliban influence in the country and their strong belief that women should not be educated, attacks have been carried out on schools. Many children have been victims of violence such as IEDs. The rate of children killed in attacks in Afghanistan has risen since last year. In addition to death due to violence many children perish young due to complication from common illnesses like pneumonia. UNICEF and other organizations are calling for a child protection law to be inforced in the country.Currently 40% of Afghanistan's people live below the poverty line and over five million children do not attend school, the majority of them girls.