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Afghanistan: Afghanistan at Great Risk of Overlapping Food, Debt Crises, World Bank
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KABUL, 10 August 2022, (TON): The report cited “overlapping debt and food crises can have devastating impacts, with international assistance the only solution.”
Ministry of Economy in reaction to the report said “the economic crisis in Afghanistan is due to the sanctions imposed by the US.”
Latif Nazari, deputy Minister of Economy said “our solutions are based on several components, which is strengthening Afghanistan’s infrastructure, second, modernization of Afghan agriculture, and third, extension of trade and transit. Through these...components, we can reach self-sufficiency.”
The World Bank’s report said Afghanistan’s rainfed and irrigated wheat production is likely to be below average, with northern and northeastern rainfed areas expected to experience the greatest deficits.
Musbahuddin Mustaeen, a spokesman for the Minister of Agriculture said “the farmers have suffered, and it impacted their crops. However, the drought not only affected Afghanistan but the whole world.”
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