ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of this capital city of eastern Kunar province say the prices of food and non-food items have increased beyond their purchasing power.
Lately unemployment and poverty have increased and have confronted people with numerous problems.
Sadiq Siyar, a resident of Asadabad, told Pajhwok Afghan News people faced both joblessness and poverty and rising prices of food and non-food items had added to their miseries.
“A several times increase has been recorded in the prices of food items as compared to the past. The prices have been artificially increased by shopkeepers,” he said.
Another resident, Ziaul . . .
