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50% of Afghans Live in Poverty: Advocacy Advisor of NRC

22nd March, 2024 · admin

Tolo News: Becky Roby, advocacy adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council Afghanistan (NRC), quoted the World Bank, as saying that 50% of Afghan citizens live in poverty.”Under current conditions, the level of unemployment and poverty in the country is high. In this situation, delivering humanitarian aid by the World Food Programme to the Afghan people and distributing it transparently to needy families is very essential,” said Mir Shekib Mir, an economic analyst. The World Food Programme statistics showed that nearly 16 million people in Afghanistan are facing food insecurity. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Poverty |
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