Archive for October 20th, 2021

‘Brink of Collapse’: How Frozen Assets & Halted Foreign Aid Are Impacting the Afghan People

Even before the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August, the country was facing a drought, the ravages of the COVID pandemic, and mass displacement driven by the conflict between the Taliban and the Afghan army, with civilian casualties reaching record levels. Under the now-collapsed, Western-backed government led by President Ashraf Ghani, 43% of Afghanistan’s GDP came from foreign aid, according […]

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