Afghanistan // The economic collapse after the Taliban takeover
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Photo Credit:
Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
Camera make / model:
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Country:
Afghanistan
Location:
Khost
NRC Region:
Asia & Latin America
Themes:
Livelihoods and food security (LFS)
Keywords:
idp, community leader
Demography:
Man
Informed Consent?
Yes
Capture Date
07 June 22
Photo Caption:
Miraam Shah, a community elder in Wachakhora, an informal settlement in Khost, fled to safety in Pakistan from his home in Paktika during the Soviet invasion. After 15 years as a refugee, Miraam and his family wanted to return to the homeland. Paktika was still too dangerous, and the small plot of land he had inherited was not at all big enough for the growing family. They found refuge in Khost and has stayed there since.
The informal settlement situated a bit outside of the city, has no school, no electricity, no health clinic and water is hard to come by.
“We are seeing high rates of unemployment; people are struggling to find daily jobs now. At the same time, the price of food has increased hugely. Today we might find something to eat, but tomorrow we may struggle, we won’t know if we will be able to pull together a meal for the family”, Miraam says.
Usually, the men of the families use the wheelbarrows as the main source of income, they go into town and move heavy material for some Afghani. These days it is between 50-60 Afghani that a man can earn each day with the wheelbarrow, before it was much higher, someone could earn easily 300 Afghani a day.
“It is up to chance if someone finds food, one day someone might find work, other days not, it is 50:50. Most of the investors, the businessmen, they all left the country, therefore there are no job opportunities because there is no construction activities going on. There are many families now who are not able to eat for 2-3 days in a row, if no one in the family can find work.”
Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
Marker lat / long: 33, 65 (WGS84)
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