Taliban government launches a new programme to tackle hunger and unemployment, offering thousands of Afghan people wheat in exchange for labour
The Taliban's food-for-work programme will see 11,600 tons of wheat distributed in Kabul, with about 55,000 tons for elsewhere in Afghanistan.
The scheme will be rolled out around Afghanistan's major towns and cities and employ 40,000 men in the capital alone, the Taliban's chief spokesman said at a press conference in southern Kabul on Sunday. The Taliban's food-for-work scheme will not pay labourers, targeting those who are currently unemployed and most at risk of starvation during the winter.The two-month programme will see 11,600 tons of wheat distributed in the capital, with about 55,000 tons for elsewhere in the country, including Herat, Jalalabad, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and Pol-i-Khomri.