Health
5 of my children suffering from malnutrition: Bakht Bibi
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Bakht Bibi, a resident of southern Ghazni province, who has given birth to 12 children, says her elder son and daughter...
Migration
Job loss, fear force thousands to leave country
KABUL (Pajhwok): Some Afghans say although security has improved after the fall of the previous government, poverty, unemployment and uncertainty about their children’s future have
Business & Economics
Some Balkh residents sell household items to fight poverty
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): An increasing number of families are selling their household items due to poverty and for migration to other countries in northern Balkh province.
Interviews
Peace can alleviate poverty, bring prosperity: Adel
NANGHARHAR (Pajhwok): The president of All Afghanistan Federation of Trade Unions (AAFTU) Dr. Mohammad Liaqat Adil has said people’s life would improve if the fighting
Features and Investigative Reports
Widowed in war, Lalbibi wishes peace, return to village
SHARAN (Pajhwok): Lalbibi whose husband was killed in crossfire between the Taliban and Afghan security forces, now leads a life full of miseries including hunger
Accidents & Disasters
Poverty stops Daikundi siblings from attending school
NEILI (Pajhwok): A displaced family in central Daikundi says severe drought snatched from people all their belongings in Khadir district and forced them to send
Business & Economics
‘More than half of Afghans live in multidimensional poverty’
KABUL’s population is living in multidimensional poverty, which is acute in western Badghis province. Releasing the Afghanistan Multidimensional Poverty Index report, CSO chief Ahmad Javed
Features and Investigative Reports
Deaf-mute Parwan family in grave financial difficulties
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A family of seven people, all deaf and mute, in central Parwan province spent this harsh and long winter without having fuel or
Features and Investigative Reports
Poverty drives small IDP children into Jawzjan brick kilns
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
Business & Economics
Poverty deepens, gains of past 15 years at risk
KABUL 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
Society
Joblessness forcing Kunduz youth into joining rebels
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
