Afghan labourers face uncertain future amid declining job prospects

Amid an acute humanitarian crisis, Afghan labourers have expressed frustration over their ongoing economic difficulties and declining rate of unemployment. International organisations reported that more than 50 percent of Afghan households have trouble affording food.
Time and again, the Afghan labourers have called on the Taliban to provide them with job opportunities, as they are unable to fend for their basic needs. In Afghanistan, a severe economic situation has even compelled some families to send their minor children to work. “Unemployment is at its peak. I stay from morning until afternoon, but I still go back home with bare hands,” Ghulam Farooq, a Kabul resident, stated. Afghanistan is currently grappling with a serious humanitarian crisis, as according to international assessments, the country now has the highest number of people in emergency food insecurity in the world.
The economic and political situation in Afghanistan has only gotten worse since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August 2021. Additionally, the Ukraine crisis has had a massive impact on the rise in food costs and how they are out of reach for many Afghans. Afghan children and women are impacted the most by the atrocities that the Taliban has unleashed in the country since taking control.