During the war of independence (1954 -1962) Aghribs served as military camp for the French army.

After Algeria's independence in 1962, and until 1972, the military barracks were used as an orphanage for hundreds of children, orphaned by the war, who came from all over Kabylie.

The village can still be considered fairly wealthy thanks to remittances from its hundreds of sons and daughters who work elsewhere in the country or overseas.

For over a hundred years, the market was a place where thousands of economic transactions were carried out every Monday by people who would come from all over Kabylie.

The main activities included buying and selling animals (cows, oxen, sheep, donkeys,...), food stuffs (cereals, olive oil, spices, meat,...), agricultural tools, and so forth.

However, in recent years, the market has shrunk markedly and is no longer the strong economic driver it once was.