Economy

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  Economy

  2022-06-03

  US, France provide jobs and training for hundreds of northern Afghans

  The training programme aims to mitigate poverty and unemployment, to provide market-driven job training, and to discourage youth from illegal migration to neighbouring countries.

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  Economy

  2022-06-01

  Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul farmers see livelihoods dry up from drought

  Farmers in Kunduz lost 80% of this year's wheat harvest, while in Sar-e-Pul 60% of the wheat and barley crops died, leaving many wondering how they will earn money and feed themselves.

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  Economy

  2022-05-24

  Salma Dam plays crucial role in ensuring survival of Herat's crops

  With all three turbines operational since May 5, Salma Dam helps irrigate farms and orchards in eight districts of Herat province.

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  Economy

  2022-05-19

  Iran siphons investment away from Afghanistan, compounding economic crisis

  Iran is granting citizenship to Afghan investors, a move experts say is deliberately aimed at crippling Afghanistan's economy and making it more dependent on Iranian products.

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  Economy

  2022-05-16

  Jawzjan women grow and sell mushrooms to put food on the table

  Women entrepreneurs have been making enough money to feed their families from home-based mushroom growing farms in the province.

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  Economy

  2022-05-11

  Work for Wheat project provides employment for thousands in Takhar

  The World Food Programme has created jobs for more than 10,000 residents in exchange for 10kg of wheat daily, lifting destitute families out of hunger.

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  Economy

  2022-05-09

  Thousands in Mazar-e-Sharif receive assistance from UN, relief organisations

  About 4,000 displaced families have received life-saving aid -- including cash assistance, food and non-food items -- in recent months to help battle hunger, unemployment and desperation.

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  Economy

  2022-04-28

  Herat businesswomen return to work, showcase goods at trade fair

  More determined than ever before, female entrepreneurs held a trade fair in Herat city. Many of them are their families' breadwinners and provide jobs for hundreds of other women.

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  Economy

  2022-04-19

  Sar-e-Pul farmers replace poppies with soybeans

  Farmers in the northern province are choosing to grow soybeans as they are nutritious and their cultivation is halal and boosts the economy.

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  Economy

  2022-04-14

  Reopening of women's market in Qala-e-Naw offers lifeline for shopkeepers

  Dozens of shopkeepers have returned to the market in Qala-e-Naw, which features women's handicrafts.