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Afghanistan confronts economic meltdown after Taliban takeover
Prices of everyday essentials such as flour, cooking oil and fuel have surged. Salaries have stopped being paid. Residents in pursuit of cash queue outside banks and at automated teller…
Pressure mounts on Taliban to govern, pay salaries
Afghans who have reconciled with the new reality of living under the Taliban rule are hoping that the new bureaucracy will be set up soon so their day to day…
Taliban finances swelled by proceeds of Afghanistan’s shadow economy
The toppling of Afghanistan’s pro-western government and re-establishment of Taliban control has handed the running of the country’s formal economy over to the Islamists. Yet this task will not be…