INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced that based on agreements with a number of countries,
65,000 people will be deployed as laborers to work outside Afghanistan.According to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Makhdoom
Abdul Salam Sadat, 15,000 of them will be sent to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey to work as shepherds, adding these countries had made
requests for labor.This comes amid a growing humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan which has resulted in the loss of hundreds of
thousands of jobs.Recently the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned that the situation in Afghanistan will worsen in the
coming winter.The committee said in a series of tweets last week that the country is currently in the grips of an increasing humanitarian
crisis and noted that more than 700,000 people have lost their jobs since last year and 90% of the working people earn less than $1.90 a
day.The committee also added that millions of people in Afghanistan, including children, need &urgent& aid and that without the support of
the international community, the humanitarian situation will worsen.The Red Cross has warned that humanitarian needs are increasing every
day and must be addressed before winter sets in.The post IEA to deploy 65,000 laborers and shepherds to Saudi, Qatar and Turkey first
