Covid-19 consequences; AMCA warns of ‘hunger crisis’ in upcoming winter

“We would make some savings during spring and summer seasons when labor demand was better. But I’m worried about the [upcoming] winter,” says Mahmood, a daily wage worker in Kabul. Like hundreds of his fellow laborers, he has lost his income source following outbreak of the coronavirus and lockdown in Kabul. Mahmood is the only breadwinner of his 10 membered family.

In addition to the daily wage workers, who are estimated to form majority of Afghanistan population, the Covid-19 outbreak and its subsequent consequences have also economically hit the graduates with high education degrees, who are mostly coming from the middle class. Although it was hard for Afghan university graduates to find work in their related field of study, the coronavirus outbreak has added to the strife.