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Poverty, unemployment increase due to Covid-19 in Balkh

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Officials of the Economy Department in northern Balkh province confirm that unemployment has increased in the province due to quarantine measures to curb Covid-19 spread.

In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Eng. Janat Gul Sharafat, Balkh Economy Director, said they had launched a number of programs to improve economic situation of the people.

In addition to harming the health sector, the pandemic also severely affected the economy of people, he said, adding that before the spread of the third wave they resorted to a number of ways to reduce the effects of the . . .

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