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Poverty drives small IDP children into Jawzjan brick kilns

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Hamid Tamkin
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Aug 28, 2018 - 22:08
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Ten-year-old Zakia dreams to become a doctor but she is forced by poverty to make bricks with her little hands in order to support her family in northern Jawzjan province. Zakia currently lives in Khaton village of Shiberghan,...
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Poverty deepens, gains of past 15 years at risk

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Javed Hamim Kakar
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May 08, 2017 - 16:46
KABUL (Pajhwok): Poverty in Afghanistan soared to 39 percent of the population in 2013-14 from 36 percent in 2011-12, meaning an additional 1.3 million Afghans were unable to satisfy basic food and non-food needs, a report said on Monday. Poverty...
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Joblessness forcing Kunduz youth into joining rebels

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 02, 2016 - 18:25
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Joblessness, poverty and government’s inattention has left the youth in northeastern Kunduz province with no option but to join the militancy, officials said on Saturday. Abdul Ghafor Hottak, youth affairs director at the...
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