Afghans purchasing power shrinks with freezing of assets by U.S. Afghans purchasing power shrinks with freezing of assets by U.S.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021
Working as a porter at a market, 18-year-old Nazir said "poverty has gripped my life as I hardly earn 400 afghani currently, while a bag of 21.5-kg rice was 2,000 afghani a couple of months ago but today it is 2,500 afghani which is beyond the purchasing power of ordinary people."