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Restaurant owners in Ghazni report fall in number of customers

A number of restaurant owners in the city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan said that the number of their customers has reduced significantly in recent months amidst an increase in poverty among the people.

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Afghanistan: Poverty drives children out to work

Children as young as seven years old are sent out to work on the outskirts of Asadabad city, the center of Kunar province in the east of Afghanistan, where they earn just over $1 a day for a

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Poverty drives children out to work

In a corner of the city of Asadabad, the center of Kunar province, children fill bags with soil for seedlings as they help to provide for their families.

World

UNHCR’s chief describes Turkey and Syria as ‘apocalyptic’

Wrapping up a 5-day trip to the quake zone, Filippo Grandi said the region needs greater and urgent international support

Art & Culture

Malala’s Oscars jewels once belonged to Afghan Queen Soraya

The human rights activist paid subtle tribute to the women of Afghanistan during her red-carpet appearance in Hollywood on Sunday

World

Hundreds of migrants try to force their way into US at Mexico border

The migrants gathered at the frontier in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, but could not breach the crossing

Art & Culture

Full list of winners of the Oscars 2023

Applause erupted when "Everything Everywhere All at Once" actor, Ke Huy Quan, won best supporting actor.

Afghanistan

Journalists say Mazar bombing shows they’re ‘not safe’

Balkh sources said the Taliban has confiscated the phones of all journalists being treated in hospital and stopped some from returning home

Art & Culture

Bamiyan artist stays true to her passion, keeps her art center going

Anahita Mohammadi, who was a second year university student, continues to produce handcrafted items that she sells to the public

Art & Culture

Afghan actress says Taliban is ‘fueling poverty’

Arezo Wida says she can’t look in a mirror and fears she will one day be admitted to a mental health facility