{"id":20981,"date":"2026-05-10T09:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=20981"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:46:07","slug":"efforts-underway-to-employ-more-than-1-4-million-afghans-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/05\/10\/efforts-underway-to-employ-more-than-1-4-million-afghans-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts underway to employ more than 1.4 million Afghans, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Mawlavi Mohammad Zahid Ahmadi, deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, says efforts are underway to create employment opportunities for more than 1.465 million people across Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a conference announcing 1,060 vacant positions, he said the ministry has been working to provide job opportunities for young people and continues to prioritize employment initiatives according to Radio Omid\u2019s correspondent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmadi said several sectoral institutions have pledged to recruit around 1.465 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that there are currently 52 active vocational training centers operating across the country, where thousands of young Afghans are receiving professional and technical training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahmadi also called on all institutions to make greater efforts to create jobs and expand employment opportunities for the country\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This comes as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, are trying to provide job opportunities for Afghans inside and outside the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Mawlavi Mohammad Zahid Ahmadi, deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, says efforts are underway to create employment opportunities for more than 1.465 million people across Afghanistan. Speaking at a conference announcing 1,060 vacant positions, he said the ministry has been working to provide job opportunities for young people and continues to prioritize employment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20983,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20981\/revisions\/20983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}