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Nearly 40 million Afghans can fall into ‘extreme poverty’ in mid 2022: United Nations

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New York: Increasing concerns over the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Migration Agency said that Afghanistan could fall into “extreme poverty” in mid 2022 if there was no action taken immediately to overcome the crisis of humanitarian, economic and political politics simultaneously.
“Afghanistan is a country of nearly 40 million people, almost all can fall into extreme poverty in mid 2022 if there are no action taken immediately to overcome the humanitarian, economic and political crisis simultaneously,” International Organizations for Migration (IOM) in a statement on Wednesday.
The country’s important service collapsed.
Basic commodity prices have skyrocketed while employment opportunities continue to disappear.
The banking system was very disturbed, creating a shortage of big money throughout the country, and the Covid-19 pandemic was taking place, he said.
According to IOM’s statement, Afghanistan faces the current large-scale displacement.
“Now there is an estimated 5.5 million people who are transferred internally (IDP), including those who live in a protracted situation, and more than 680,000 newly transferred by conflict in 2021.
This is an additional 1.1 million people who are Not documented from Afghan Afghan from Iran and Pakistan in 2021 in 2021 only.
“On Wednesday (local time), the UN Security Council had held a meeting with the Afghanistan situation.
Representatives from various countries took part in the meeting.
Strengthening the call for a more inclusive government in Afghanistan, the United Nations has said that this country faces limiting fundamental rights of women and women under the Taliban.
“There are general restrictions on women’s rights and freedom of Afghan and women,” Special Representative of Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the UN Security Council.
“In the education of girls, the De-Facto Authority has indicated that they are working on state policies throughout the country so that the rights to the education of girls can be carried out throughout the country,” he said.
But Lyons emphasized that Taliban officials have stated that they need more time to clarify their policies and implementation.

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