More than 900,000 people have lost their jobs in Afghanistan since the Taliban government came to power in August last year. Of these, working women have suffered the most. The information was provided by the US-based Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The company has also hinted that the number of working women will be further reduced.
............................................................According to SIGAR, the number of working women in the country will fall by 21 percent by the middle of this year, according to a report by the Indian news agency ANI, quoting Afghanistan’s Khama Press.
Unemployment in Afghanistan has risen since the Taliban took power, the report said. Poverty puts millions at risk in many parts of the country.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has also reported an increase in the number of people losing their jobs. According to them, more than half a million Afghan workers lost their jobs in the third quarter of 2021. The number of people who have lost their jobs since the Taliban came to power by the middle of this year could reach 800,000 to 900,000.
Decades of conflict, severe drought, and the Corona epidemic have already crippled Afghanistan’s economy.
When the Taliban came to power after the rapid withdrawal of US troops, the international community seized Afghanistan’s resources and cut off aid. Since the Taliban came to power, there have been major barriers to the earning of working women. According to the Khama Press, most government office workers have been forced to stay at home.
