Afghanistan unveils youth unemployment strategy

Name: Afghanistan unveils youth unemployment strategy
Uploaded: 2018-03-06T11:21:45Z
Duration: 2 min 52 s
Description: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has launched a strategy to tackle youth unemployment, which stands at more than 40 percent.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has launched a strategy to tackle youth unemployment, which stands at more than 40 percent.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has launched a strategy to get more young people into work.

Unemployment stands at more than 40 percent, and most young people do not have an education. Those that do, find jobs in other countries.

However, the president’s plan poses new dangers.

Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from Kabul.

By Tony Birtley