{"id":52623,"date":"2026-04-19T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T10:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/?p=52623"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:18:18","slug":"bread-price-cut-weight-kabul-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/bread-price-cut-weight-kabul-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Smaller Bread, Same Price as Before: Even Dry Bread Is Disappearing from People\u2019s Tables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several residents of Kabul are complaining about a decrease in the weight of bread in bakeries across the city. They say that despite prices remaining unchanged, the weight of purchased bread does not match the standards set by the municipality under Taliban control, and each piece of bread currently weighs about 30 to 40 grams less. According to them, in addition to the reduced weight, the quality of bread has also significantly declined. The residents of Kabul stress that the decrease in weight and quality, combined with a lack of adequate oversight, has become a serious concern for families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several Kabul residents say that in recent weeks both the weight and quality of bread in the city\u2019s bakeries have declined. According to them, the quality of bread has also decreased due to low-quality flour, and the bread is no longer edible after it cools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shazia, a woman who is the head of her 10-member family, considers the quality and weight of bread in Kabul bakeries to be worrying. She says that due to her weak financial situation, she is forced to rely on this bread, but in recent days, because of the reduced weight, she has had to buy more. According to her, a bread that costs 20 Afghanis now effectively has a value equivalent to 10 Afghanis in terms of weight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She says, \u201cPreviously, seven loaves were enough for our family, but now we are forced to buy eight, nine, or even 10 loaves. I have personally bought bread from several bakeries and weighed it; the weight of the bread has not been the same and has varied between 20 and 40 grams. No one is accountable, and everyone does whatever they want.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shazia emphasizes that economic problems have made it difficult for low-income families to obtain bread. She adds, \u201cThe economic situation of people is bad and is getting worse day by day. Even many families face problems in getting a single piece of dry bread. We buy that and use it at night with whatever simple food we have, because flour has become expensive. If we want to bake bread at home, each loaf costs 7 Afghanis. At home as well, due to the high price of gas, which has reached 63 Afghanis, cooking is hardly possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zahid, another resident of Kabul, says that most bakers in the city reduce the weight of bread instead of increasing its price after the rise in flour prices. He adds that the lack of control by the Taliban over bakeries has led them to keep prices fixed but reduce the weight of bread. He says, \u201cSome time ago, the price of flour had increased, but bakers kept the bread price fixed and, in return,n reduced the weight of bread that should have been 250 grams. In the past, it was good; they calculated the weight correctly. Now they do not change the prices, but they reduce the weight. When the price of flour goes up and down, the price of bread should also change; it should not be like this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali, another resident of Kabul, says that in addition to the reduced weight, the quality of bread in bakeries has also declined. He attributes this situation to fluctuations of 600 to 700 Afghanis in the price of flour. According to him, although they sometimes buy bread from the market, in recent days, both the weight and quality of bread have become unacceptable for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Kabul resident says, \u201cWe do not buy much bread from the market, but the weight of bread has really decreased a lot. There is a difference of 600 to 700 Afghanis in each sack of flour. Whenever we buy bread, we see that its weight is low; the reason is these changes in flour prices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wahid, another resident of Kabul, says that families who previously bought three loaves of bread are now forced to buy six loaves due to the reduced weight of bread. He adds that the Taliban are not paying any attention to this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Kabul resident adds, \u201cReducing the weight is a kind of abuse. Bakers are doing an injustice to people, prices have gone up, and the weight of bread has gone down. Bakers are also operating without supervision. Poverty and unemployment among people are widespread. I myself have bought bread from several bakeries where the weights were different. This situation can lead to chaos in the market. Poor families are forced to buy six loaves instead of three, and even then they can hardly find enough bread.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the official tariff of the Commission for Preventing Hoarding and Monitoring Prices, affiliated with the Kabul municipality under Taliban control, the weight of 10-Afghani bread should be 190 grams, and 20-Afghani bread should be 380 grams. However, Kabul residents say that the bread available in the market is lighter than this amount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Afghanistan imports its required flour from Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Pakistan. Currently, flour imports from Pakistan have stopped, and imports from Iran also face challenges. 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He also manages the outlet's official English department X (Twitter) account.","url":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/author\/farhad-farhaad\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52625,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52623\/revisions\/52625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8am.media\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}