Highlights :
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Drinking and irrigation water shortages cause distress migration, disrupt livelihoods and increase tensions within communities.
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Environmental degradation threatens water table levels, food security and livelihoods.
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Wheat prices remain stable except in Kabul, where prices increased slightly, and Bamyan, where prices decreased.
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Wage rate rises sharply in Bamyan in August. Highest wages in Bakhashan over the past three months
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Diesel prices slightly increase, with sharper increases expected in/after September.