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As Muslims in Afghanistan began observing the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday (Feb 18), many families are struggling to afford basic food items amid soaring prices, with staples like cooking oil, rice, and flour increasingly out of reach for a population already grappling with widespread poverty and unemployment.

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00:00As Muslims in Afghanistan began observing the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, many
00:06families are struggling to afford basic food items amid soaring prices, with staples like
00:12cooking oil, rice and flour increasingly out of reach for a population already grappling
00:18with widespread poverty and unemployment.
00:30A lot of people say it's 6,000, a lot of people say it's 4,000, we don't have any
00:35We don't understand what drink is, what is great.
00:38It's a bad price.
00:41We don't understand anything, we don't understand anything.
00:45I want our brothers in the day, if we come to Ramadan, they will give us a message for Muslims.
00:55We will not be able to do this, or not to do this, or not to do it.
00:59...and they are there.
01:00They are there.
01:04They are there.
01:06They have to try and help.
01:06Muslims must be able to help them.
01:08If they want to help them,
01:10they will help them to help them.
01:17It was a blessing.
01:19God bless you.
01:22God bless you.
01:27God bless you.
01:40Afghanistan's economy remains extremely fragile, strained by sanctions, high unemployment and
01:47reduced humanitarian aid, all of which have sharply weakened household purchasing power.
01:52As a result, millions of Afghans live in poverty and depend heavily on aid. During Ramadan, Muslims
02:00across the world fast, abstaining from eating, drinking and smoking between sunrise and sunset
02:07as a sacrifice to God.
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