Retirees in Kabul are protesting the non-payment of their pensions, highlighting severe financial difficulties. Many are facing extreme poverty, with some having to beg or deal with issues like unpaid rent and caring for dependents. They are urgently appealing to the interim government for a
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI/Sputnik): An estimated 100 million people experienced extreme poverty this year largely in the so-called middle-income countries (MICs) as a result of the economic crisis brought about by the measures implemented to address the novel coronavirus pandemic, the