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WOCCU Working with Afghans to Set Up CUs in War Zones

The World Council of Credit Unions is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development and local Afghans to establish credit unions in that country, even though some of the new CUs are in war zones.

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MADISON, Wis. — The World Council of Credit Unions is working with the U.S. Agency for International Development and local Afghans to establish credit unions in that country, even though some of the new CUs are in war zones.

According to WOCCU, the effort has recently opened new CUs in Ayback, Puli-Khumri and Jalalabad. The opening of the Jalalabad CU took place only four days after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up about four miles down the road from the CU site, WOCCU said.

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