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Women businesses are at risk as second wave of Covid-19 predicted to arrive

In March 2020, many small businesses in Afghanistan went through a difficult time as the government imposed lockdown on major cities to prevent further outbreak of Covid-19. Many including teachers, short term contractors, shopkeepers and daily wage workers lost their sources of income and some small business went bankrupt.     

In this story, Etilaat-e-Roz reporters, Abuzar Maliknizhad and Abdul Wahid Haidari have talked to six women entrepreneurs in Kabul, Herat, and Bamyan, whose businesses have either collapsed or are at risk of collapse.

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