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Half Of All Afghan Population Living In Poverty, Says World Bank: Report
In its latest monthly report known as the "Afghanistan Economic Monitor," the World Bank has noted that half of all Afghans are living in poverty, as reported by Tolo News on Thursday.
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Australia Provides $5 Million To Afghanistan In Humanitarian Aid
Amid the escalating challenges of poverty and unemployment in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Australia is providing $5 million in humanitarian aid, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan Woman Attempts To Sell Child Amid Economic Crisis: Report
A family in the Balkh province of Afghanistan attempted to sell their child due to extreme poverty, media reports said on Saturday.
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Viral: TV Anchor Sells Food On Street In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
A recent Twitter post by Kabir Haqmal, who earlier worked with the Hamid Karzai government, shows how many talented professionals in Afghanistan have been pushed into poverty.
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India To Send 8,000 Tonnes Of Wheat This Month To Afghanistan Via Pakistan
India will send 8,000 tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.
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Desperate Afghans Queue For Free Bread As Poverty Crisis Deepens
In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the Afghan capital to wait for warm naan bread to be distributed.
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Afghanistan Crisis LIVE Updates: UN Warns Afghanistan Needs Money To Prevent Total Breakdown
The UN warned that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark "a severe economic downturn" and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.
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China Holds First Meeting With South Asian Countries On Covid, Poverty Relief Cooperation
China has held its first meeting with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to discuss COVID-19 and poverty relief cooperation besides resuming trade and economic ties disrupted by the pandemic.
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Nearly Half Of All Children In Afghanistan Out Of School: Report
Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday
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Ice Cream is a Job, Not a Treat, For This 8-Year-Old Girl
The gaggle of girls outside a school in Herat are all about the same age, but one of them sticks out.
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US-based artist to unleash 10,000 pink balloons on Kabul
Despite grinding poverty and more than three decades of war, a New York-based artist believes 10,000 pink balloons can help bring peace and happiness to Afghans on the streets of Kabul.
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Half Of All Afghan Population Living In Poverty, Says World Bank: Report
In its latest monthly report known as the "Afghanistan Economic Monitor," the World Bank has noted that half of all Afghans are living in poverty, as reported by Tolo News on Thursday.
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Australia Provides $5 Million To Afghanistan In Humanitarian Aid
Amid the escalating challenges of poverty and unemployment in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that Australia is providing $5 million in humanitarian aid, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan Woman Attempts To Sell Child Amid Economic Crisis: Report
A family in the Balkh province of Afghanistan attempted to sell their child due to extreme poverty, media reports said on Saturday.
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Viral: TV Anchor Sells Food On Street In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
A recent Twitter post by Kabir Haqmal, who earlier worked with the Hamid Karzai government, shows how many talented professionals in Afghanistan have been pushed into poverty.
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India To Send 8,000 Tonnes Of Wheat This Month To Afghanistan Via Pakistan
India will send 8,000 tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.
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Desperate Afghans Queue For Free Bread As Poverty Crisis Deepens
In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the Afghan capital to wait for warm naan bread to be distributed.
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Afghanistan Crisis LIVE Updates: UN Warns Afghanistan Needs Money To Prevent Total Breakdown
The UN warned that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark "a severe economic downturn" and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.
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China Holds First Meeting With South Asian Countries On Covid, Poverty Relief Cooperation
China has held its first meeting with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to discuss COVID-19 and poverty relief cooperation besides resuming trade and economic ties disrupted by the pandemic.
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Nearly Half Of All Children In Afghanistan Out Of School: Report
Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organisations said in a report on Sunday
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Ice Cream is a Job, Not a Treat, For This 8-Year-Old Girl
The gaggle of girls outside a school in Herat are all about the same age, but one of them sticks out.
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US-based artist to unleash 10,000 pink balloons on Kabul
Despite grinding poverty and more than three decades of war, a New York-based artist believes 10,000 pink balloons can help bring peace and happiness to Afghans on the streets of Kabul.
