The World Bank has said in a recent survey that job opportunities in Afghanistan’s cities have been limited since the fall of the Taliban.
The World Bank in its report on Tuesday, March 15, conducted a survey on job creation, food security, education and health services in the country after the regime change from August 15, 2021.
According to the survey, the number of people working in rural and urban areas has increased since the change of government in Afghanistan.
The World Bank added in its report: “Employment opportunities in urban areas are limited and unemployment has risen. In rural areas, due to improved security, employment has risen. In the public sector. The share of work has decreased because of the decline in security services and government jobs and the increase in the number of jobs that people find themselves in. ”
The bank’s report said there had been a significant drop in staff income in all parts of Afghanistan.
The World Bank reports from interviewees that 5 percent of households in Afghanistan are unable to meet their food and non-food needs. In May 2021, the figure was 35 percent.
The World Bank report also said that the participation of girls in the first year of school has increased compared to the fall of 2019.
Between October and December 2021, 94 percent of Afghans received health care in Afghanistan, the report said.
Meanwhile, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who visited Afghanistan this week, said there had been some drastic changes in the country since the fall of the Taliban on August 15, 2021.
She added that fighting and casualties had dropped “dramatically” since August 15, but expressed concern that the humanitarian and economic crisis could take many lives.
Ms Bashla added: “Today, one in three people in Afghanistan is facing a food crisis or crisis and access to cash is limited, leading to high levels of unemployment and displacement. Are available.
This comes as the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed concern over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and said that an international conference on mobilizing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan was scheduled to take place in two weeks. To be made.
Mr Alkabarov called on the international community to continue its efforts to end the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and to help those in need.
Concerns have been raised that the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan will lead to a cut in international aid to the country and a worsening economic crisis in the country, with rising unemployment.
