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Forty percent Afghan live under poverty line

Huddled under a makeshift tent an elderly woman waits for her family to return

Huddled under a makeshift tent an elderly woman waits for her family to return (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Source: AP

Based on some recent reports, around forty percent Afghan live under poverty line.


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By Najia Safi, Abdullah Alikhil

Source: SBS



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Based on some recent reports, around forty percent Afghan live under poverty line.


Some members of the parliament and ordinary Afghans believe that the unemployment is the primary cause of the poverty. Afghan Ministry of Labour says that nearly two million Afghans who are fit to work are unemployed. Najia Safi has more


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