Economy

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  Economy

  2022-10-11

  Trained in carpet weaving, thousands of Afghan women provide for their families

  Carpet weavers can earn as much as 6,000 AFN a month, a sum that helps offset the economic problems many are facing in Afghanistan's western region.

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  Economy

  2022-10-06

  Improved seeds, fertilisers to boost yields for hundreds of Kunduz farmers

  UNDP has provided improved wheat seeds, fertilisers and technical guidance to help Kunduz farmers deal with the fallout from drought.

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  Economy

  2022-10-05

  Is China doing enough to help prevent a global debt crisis?

  More than 40 countries now owe debt equivalent to more than 10% of their GDP to Chinese lenders, totaling between $500 billion and $1 trillion.

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  Economy

  2022-10-04

  Reforestation project in Kunduz offers more than 2,000 jobs

  The project, implemented by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan and United Nations Development Programme, seeks to restore pistachio and hing orchards in Aliabad district.

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  Economy

  2022-09-28

  Afghan pine nut traders face major losses due to export and storage problems

  High export fees, lack of cold storage, and shady business dealings between Pakistani traders and Chinese buyers are causing economic losses for Afghan pine nut traders.

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  Economy

  2022-09-21

  UN programme funds reconstruction of irrigation canal in Kunduz

  The project is creating jobs for hundreds of district residents and will provide irrigation water for more than 1,000 hectares of agricultural land.

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  Economy

  2022-09-07

  US-based charity provides vocational training, hope to Afghans in Kandahar and Herat

  More than 1,600 women and men are benefitting from the training programme, which has given a sense of hope to participants and convinced many to scrap plans to migrate in search of jobs.

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  Economy

  2022-09-07

  UN-funded irrigation canal to help Balkh farmers overcome water shortages

  Balkh farmers have welcomed the construction of an irrigation canal in the province, which will keep them employed while being built and will help with water shortages.

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  Economy

  2022-09-01

  Work-for-food programme lifts 150 Badakhshan women out of dire cirumstances

  With support from the Word Food Programme, the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee is providing 150 impoverished women with agricultural work in exchange for monthly food packages.

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  Economy

  2022-08-24

  Secretive land acquisition for China creates sense of dread in Pakistan

  Activists claim the massive land grabs are connected to China's plans to build a processing plant for the lithium it will mine and transport from Afghanistan in the near future.