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An Afghan Factory Offers Hope Amid Power Outages, Joblessness

13th January, 2023 · admin

Wire spools turn in a factory in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, where youthful workers produce cabling needed for electrical devices — but face electricity outages themselves. Workers and managers hope for investors to expand opportunity, but the World Bank forecasts a dramatically challenged Afghan economy, largely cut off from foreign aid since the Taliban takeover in

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Paktia, unemployment |
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Taliban Issues a Deadline of 20 Days for Coffee Shops in Herat to Close the Businesses

22nd September, 2022 · admin

8am: Reliable local sources in talking to Hasht-e Subh say that the Department of Vice and Virtue Promotion of the Taliban summoned all the owners of coffee shops in Herat on Wednesday, September 21, and ordered them to stop their business or face the consequences. Sources in Herat say that with the closure of coffee

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Herat, Life under Taliban rule, unemployment |
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Hundreds Of Fired Afghan Judges Demand Jobs, Pay From Taliban-Led Government

21st March, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 20, 2022 Hundreds of former Afghan government judges from 34 provinces who had been removed and replaced by the Taliban have filed suit to regain their jobs. In a March 20 news conference, the former judges demanded that the Taliban government return them to their positions and provide them with six

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Protest, unemployment |
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2.5 Million Afghans Remain Unemployed: Ministry

8th May, 2019 · admin

Tolo News:  Findings by the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled show that at least 2.5 million Afghans are unemployed and the occupational safety in government and non-government institutions remains fragile.  Last December, ILO (International Labor Organization) said in a report that Afghanistan has the highest number of unemployed workforce in the world. Click

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: unemployment |
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24 Percent Of Qualified Afghans ‘Remain Unemployed’

1st May, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

Tolo News: According to the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled, two million Afghans are unemployed in the country. At least 24 percent of qualified Afghans are job seekers across the country, the labor minister Faizullah Zaki said, stressing the need to create an effective solution to overcome unemployment in Afghanistan. Click here to read

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Posted in Economic News | Tags: Faizullah Zaki, unemployment |
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Afghanistan unveils youth unemployment strategy

6th March, 2018 · admin

Al Jazeera: Unemployment stands at more than 40 percent, and most young people do not have an education. Those that do, find jobs in other countries. However, the president’s plan poses new dangers. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Kabul.

Posted in Economic News | Tags: unemployment |
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Unemployment Leads Dozens of Youths to Join IS Ranks in Eastern Afghanistan

5th March, 2018 · admin

VOA News March 4, 2018 WASHINGTON, GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN — Provincial officials in eastern Nangarhar province expressed concerns over the dozens of youths in the province recruited by Islamic State (IS). “I have received reports from districts that unemployment, poverty and IS recruiting efforts have led to youths joining the terror group’s ranks,” Matiullah Ahmadzai, director of

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Posted in Economic News, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Nangarhar, unemployment |
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Afghanistan: Few Jobs for Educated Women

6th December, 2017 · admin · 6 Comments

IWPR: Although 25-year-old Nazia has a university degree and is desperate to find work, she spends her days at home raising chickens and tending cattle. The mother-of-three, who lives in the village of Taqi Shah in Logar’s Pul-e Alam district, said that after completing her high school education in Afghanistan she went on to graduate in

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Education | Tags: unemployment |

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