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The Afghanistan Poverty Status Update was jointly produced by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's Ministry of Economy and the World Bank.It used the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) data and according to its assessment 36% of Afghan population remained poor in 2007–08 and in 2012.
The children are being sold, forced to work, and facing starvation. Child labor, malnutrition, and education restrictions have put the future of Afghanistan's youth in peril: 'This is not the ...
Due to the effects of war in recent decades, the country has dealt with high levels of terrorism, poverty, and child malnutrition. Afghanistan remains among the world's least developed countries, ranking 182nd on the Human Development Index.
During more than three decades war and destruction in Afghanistan, children were among the main victims of long year's war and bloodshed in their country.War not only killed and injured thousands of innocent Afghan children but at the same time thousands others were deprived from their basic right of education and schooling.
Afghanistan has spiraled into near-universal poverty since the Taliban took over. The price of basic goods has surged, drought is worsening food insecurity and some have resorted to selling their ...
Between 2001 and 2021, Afghanistan experienced improvements in health, education and women's rights. [40] [41] Life expectancy increased from 56 to 64 years and the maternal mortality rate was reduced by half. 89% of residents living in cities have access to clean water, up from 16% in 2001. The rate of child marriage has been reduced by 17%.
School officials have raised concerns about 16 adults and 24 students from the Cajon Valley Union School District in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon.
The number of children in armed conflict zones are around 250 million. [1] They confront physical and mental harms from war experiences. "Armed conflict" is defined in two ways according to International Humanitarian Law: "1) international armed conflicts, opposing two or more States, 2) non-international armed conflicts, between governmental forces and nongovernmental armed groups, or between ...