KABUL (Pajhwok): Butchers in Kabul say meat sales have fallen by 50 percent compared to a month ago due to rising poverty and unemployment, urging the government to address economic problems of the masses.
Sales drop but prices unchanged
Zalmay Qasab, a butcher in Dahan-i-Bagh area, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “It is a month I have been without work. We don’t have any sales every day.”
He added: “A month ago, I was selling a cow and a sheep daily. But now sales have declined by almost 50 percent.”
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