China and India have long had the largest populations on the planet, but in recent decades, vastly different birth rate trends have tipped the balance.
"If he makes money, we eat. If he doesn't, we don't," one mother told CBS News, referring to the family's new breadwinner, her 11-year-old son.
The world is denying the extremist group access to Afghan state funds over its brutal crackdown on rights, but the Taliban isn't suffering, Afghans are.