Economy

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  Economy

  2023-03-30

  World Bank launches over 100 infrastructure projects, creates 100,000 jobs in Uruzgan

  The projects include the construction of roads, bridges, water intakes and retaining walls, and the cleaning and/or building of streams and canals.

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  Economy

  2023-03-23

  UN-funded bridge in Kandahar relieves residents' transportation woes

  Difficult mountain routes prevented patients from reaching hospitals in time.

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  Economy

  2023-03-21

  Projects create short-term employment for over 13,000 Takhar residents

  The UN and the Aga Khan Foundation have hired thousands of local residents to build roads and clean irrigation canals.

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  Economy

  2023-03-15

  Baghlan women create jobs for nearly 200 others

  Founded by four businesswomen, the Khorasan Food and Handicrafts Production Centre produces all kinds of food and enables women to work outside their homes.

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  Economy

  2023-03-14

  WFP creates short-term employment for almost 5,000 Herat residents

  Thousands of residents of Kohsan district are working on the six-month project launched by the World Food Programme to improve the district's canals and irrigation infrastructure.

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  Economy

  2023-03-10

  Afghan diaspora provides free lunch for hundreds of street children in Herat

  'Our door is open to poor people, especially working children and those without a caregiver,' said Mohammad Dawod Anwari, director of Afghans Fight on Poverty, a local relief organisation.

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  Economy

  2023-03-09

  Businesswoman creates carpet weaving training, jobs for fellow Mazar-e-Sharif women

  The carpet weaving industry continues to grow in northern Afghanistan, giving women an opportunity to earn an income and support their families.

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  Economy

  2023-03-07

  World Bank launches construction projects, hires 200 in Kandahar

  The paving and construction of new roads with concrete will ease commuting to work and school, and provide a glimmer of hope to unemployed youth.

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  Economy

  2023-03-03

  UN work-for-food initiative employs over 5,000 in Takhar

  The World Food Programme has launched 59 projects to rehabilitate roads and clean irrigation canals, hiring Takhar residents for short-term work in exchange for food aid.

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  Economy

  2023-03-02

  Quake-stricken Badghis residents receive cash assistance

  The International Organisation for Migration has distributed cash to Badghis residents who lost their houses in last year's earthquake and flood.