Afghanistan Government Employees
Afghanistan: Government employees demonstrate against unpaid salaries in Kabul
A large number of Afghanistan government employees, belonging to the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan Hospital and Ministry of Urban Development and Land (MUDL) recently staged protests to criticize their long-awaited unpaid wage in Afghanistan capital city Kabul city, media reports said.
“I haven’t been paid for past six months. The payment of one and half month of term of (President Ashraf) Ghani remain unpaid and the salary of another five months also remain unpaid,” Sameer Ahmad, a doctor, told Tolo News.
“We pay money for the transportation (to come to work). The value of Dollar increased, and the price of food materials surged. We are obliged to demand our salaries,” said a female doctor.
The employees of the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan Hospital said that they have been scrambling with devastated economic situation.
“I pay my rent, my electricity bills. I am incapable of paying any of them anymore,” Amina, a medical staff, told Tolo News.
The employees of MUDL in a separate protest, called on the Islamic Emirate to introduce the new acting head for the ministry. The employees said that they haven’t received their payments for the past seven months.
“I haven’t been paid for the past seven months. I don’t have money for house rent, electricity bills and internet,” Najibullah Dosti, an employee of the MUDL, told Tolo News.
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