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Afghanistan

Afghanistan Monthly Food Security Bulletin, September 2005

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Highlights :

  • Drinking and irrigation water shortages cause distress migration, disrupt livelihoods and increase tensions within communities.

  • Environmental degradation threatens water table levels, food security and livelihoods.

  • Wheat prices remain stable except in Kabul, where prices increased slightly, and Bamyan, where prices decreased.

  • Wage rate rises sharply in Bamyan in August. Highest wages in Bakhashan over the past three months

  • Diesel prices slightly increase, with sharper increases expected in/after September.