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Afghan farmers resorting to poppy cultivation for survival
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 21 (ANI): Amid severe economic crisis in Afghanistan, millions of destitute Afghan farmers and labourers have turned to the cultivation of opium poppies, the Office of the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a statement.
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Afghanistan: Economic crisis forces families and children to work in brick
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 25 (ANI): Due to looming economic problems, post the Taliban took over Afghanistan, a number of families and children in order to feed themselves are forced to work in brick factories.
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Biden admin refuses to cooperate in watchdog probe into fall of Afghan gov
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): Biden administration officials are ignoring the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's (SIGAR) requests to provide documents related to the collapse of the Afghan government, media reports said on Wednesday.
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Job losses in Afghanistan projected to touch 900,000 by mid-2022
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 17 (ANI): As Afghanistan continues to remain under the grip of severe unemployment, a projection warns that the job losses due to the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban are estimated to reach 700,000 and 900,000 by mid-2022.
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US retreat instigated the toppling of Afghan Army: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 18 (ANI): The fall of the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) after the Taliban came to power by seizing Afghanistan has been attributed to the withdrawal of the US forces and military contractors as mentioned in a special report issued by the
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900,000 Afghans lost jobs since Taliban takeover: SIGAR
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): According to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), at least 900,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since the Taliban took control last August.
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Over 24 million Afghans need humanitarian aid
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): More than 24.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan--an increase from 18.4 million in 2021, said a report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
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Andhra Governor condoles loss of lives in train mishap in Srikakulam distr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 13 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Tuesday expressed profound grief and anguish over the accident on the railway track near Bathua in G Sigadam Mandal in Srikakulam district in which five persons lost their lives and seve
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Five killed as train runs over them in Andhra's Srikakulam district
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 12 (ANI): At least five people were run over by a train in the Batuwa in the G Sigadam zone of the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday night, police said.
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UN emergency experts call for urgent humanitarian action in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], February 26 (ANI): A call for urgent support to life-saving humanitarian action in Afghanistan was made by a group of emergency experts on Friday.
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Half of Afghanistan's population is facing 'tsunami of hunger': Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 4 (ANI): Afghanistan is under deep humanitarian crisis and over 50 per cent of Afghan's are facing a "tsunami of hunger," the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported, citing numbers from UN World Food Programme.
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International aid should go directly to Afghan people: SIGAR
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 29 (ANI): The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, said that the Taliban should not have access to the aid and that it should be channelled directly to Afghan people.
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