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KABUL nike cortez classic sale , Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- "It was two years ago and I was 12 years old when I lost my father in a suicide attack on Pul-e- Charkhi road in Kabul and since then I have been working to earn livelihood and support my family," Mohammad Azim told Xinhua recently.
Polishing shoes on a street in Kabul city, Azim said that he charges 20 Afghanis from a pair of shoes and usually earns 250 to 350 Afghanis daily.Exchange rate of 1 U.S. dollar is 58.10 Afghanis nowadays.
Studying in grade 7th of a local school at day time and often works in the afternoon, the boy said he is the only bread earner of his family which includes his mother and four siblings. "Thanks God we have inherited a house and a piece of land from father which help us sustain alive," Azim said, adding his mother is housewife nike cortez ultra breathe womens sale , his younger brother is four years old while his two sisters studying in the 2nd and the 4th grade in school.
Revealing his ordeal, Azim murmured "It is too difficult to work on streets, but there is no option but to work and earn cash" to cover the daily expenses of the family. "My father always comforted me, supported me and promised to buy me a bicycle if I secured top position among my classmates in school," Azim recalled and said "I am grade 7th in school and dreaming of having a bicycle but couldn't in father's absence and lack of money."
Civilian casualties have been on constant rise in the conflict- ridden Afghanistan over the past few years, according to UN report. "As of Nov. 30 nike cortez ultra breathe sale , UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has recorded more civilian deaths and injuries during 2014 than in any other year since it began its authoritative reports in 2009," the mission said in a statement posted on its website recently.
The number of Afghan civilians killed and injured in the first eleven months of this year totals 9,617, with 3,188 killed and 6, 429 injured nike cortez ultra moire womens sale , which indicates 19 percent increase when compared with the same period last year, according to the statement of UNAMA.
The ground engagements, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and suicide bombings have been proved the main cause of civilian casualties in Afghanistan over the past few years in the militancy- hit country.
Azim is not the only Afghan juvenile who has lost his father in suicide bombing and has been forced to work on streets and take care of his family.A glance at Kabul or other Afghan cities clearly features the problems of war-weary Afghans and wandering orphaned children engaged in forced labor to sustain alive.
NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people have been killed in lightning and rain-related incidents in the eastern Indian state of Bihar in the past 24 hours, officials said Monday.
While 18 people were killed due to lightning across eight districts, others died in a wall collapse incident triggered by a storm in the state's West Champaran district.
"Of the 18 persons killed in lightning nike cortez ultra moire sale , five died in East Champaran district, four in Jamui district, one in West Champaran district, two each in Munger, Bhagalpur and Madhepura district and one each in Vaishali and Samastipur districts," a disaster management official said.
"Five others died in a wall collapse incident in Bihar's West Champaran district due to a storm nike cortez yellow womens sale ," Manoj Kumar, a disaster management official, told the media.
The state government has announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees (6,000 U.S. dollars) for each of the affected families.
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DHAKA nike cortez yellow sale , June 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved 100 million U.S. dollars financing to support Bangladesh in diversifying exports in labor and skill intensive industries beyond the garment sector.
The Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project will improve competitiveness of existing and potential export-oriented industries such as leather, footwear, plastics and light engineering, where Bangladesh has demonstrated a competitive edge, said the Washington based lender in a statement received here Sunday.
The project will help create more than 90,000 jobs in non-Ready Made Garment (RMG) export sectors nike cortez grey womens sale , it said.
"Bangladesh is the world's second largest garments exporter after China and it can boost growth by diversifying its exports, and repeat the garment sector success story in other sectors," said Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.
"The project will help the economy to integrate further into the world trading system, and provide better jobs to Bangladeshi youth entering the labor market in the next decade nike cortez grey sale , with a particular focus on improving female labor participation."
The project will help firms to access international markets and enhance their ability to comply with international standards through awareness building and matching grants.
The project will also support marketing and branding efforts to strengthen linkages to existing and new markets. It will also address the shortage of skills development, especially in industrial training for women, as well as in infrastructure and technology.
"The project will enhance growth and competitiveness of selected sectors that have a demonstrated comparative advantage or that provide essential inputs in export-oriented manufacturing value chains," said Michael Olavi Engman, World Bank Team Leader for the Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project.
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