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Continued restrictions on girls’ education and women’s labor force participation are violating their rights and weakening the country’s human capital base.
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices
In Afghanistan today, a staggering three in four people cannot meet their basic needs.
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Why Afghan families are selling their young girls? Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis |EXPLAINER
Reports from across the country reveal rising hunger, severe poverty and cases where parents are selling young daughters to secure food, medical care or basic survival ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: In Afghanistan’s Ghor province, hunger forces families into desperation
In Ghor province, where drought, unemployment and shrinking foreign aid have combined to worsen living conditions, many families say they are struggling to secure even one meal a day ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Afghan father says he may sell his seven-year-old daughter into marriage so he can feed his family
A desperate Afghan father has admitted he is planning on selling his seven-year-old daughter into marriage as it will feed his family for four years.
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Afghanistan's crisis fuels hidden violence against women
As poverty deepens and the Taliban curtails women's rights, domestic violence in Afghanistan is becoming more dangerous, less visible and harder to escape. The severe humanitarian crisis in ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Families In Afghanistan's Ghor Province Selling Children Amid Extreme Poverty: BBC
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) A report by BBC says worsening poverty and unemployment in Afghanistan's Ghor Province are forcing some families to sell children while malnutrition is driving rising infant ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Can Afghanistan’s Economy Survive Without Aid?
The Taliban government must acknowledge the potential loss of international aid and cash shipments next year, and focus on identifying alternative ways to support livelihoods. The evolving political ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: An ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan
Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Afghanistan: Economy Shows Modest Growth After Two Years of Severe Contraction, But Recovery Remains Fragile
WASHINGTON, December 4, 2024—The Afghan economy is showing signs of moderate growth, but still faces significant headwinds, including fiscal constraints, trade imbalances, and a limited capacity for ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Regional Crises Are Dealing a Heavy Blow to Afghanistan’s Fragile Economy
For a country whose economy remains deeply dependent on regional trade routes, migration, and external assistance, instability on multiple fronts can quickly translate into economic crisis. While ...
News Afghanistan » Ghor » Economy: Afghanistan's crisis deepens hidden violence against women
As poverty deepens and the Taliban curtails women's rights, domestic violence in Afghanistan is becoming more dangerous, less visible and harder to escape.