Kabul Day Laborers

Day laborers like Abdul Moihd swarm the streets of Kabul every morning looking for work. They come from all over the country, hoping for a steady job but often having to compete with legions of their countrymen doing unskilled manual labor for very low wages. According to a report by the Asian Development Bank, unemployment in Afghanistan is an estimated 40% of the labor force. Day laborers have little other options for work in a country where chronic unemployment is believed to...
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Day laborers like Abdul Moihd swarm the streets of Kabul every morning looking for work. They come from all over the country, hoping for a steady job but often having to compete with legions of their countrymen doing unskilled manual labor for very low wages. According to a report by the Asian Development Bank, unemployment in Afghanistan is an estimated 40% of the labor force. Day laborers have little other options for work in a country where chronic unemployment is believed to contribute to instability and fuel the Taliban insurgency.
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