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A year after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the daily lives of Afghans mayit still get complicated? Dorothy Ollieric was live of Kabul, Afghanistan to answer this question, Monday, August 15.
After a year under the yoke of the Taliban, what future for the Afghans? Dorothy Olliericlive from Kabul (Afghanistan)Monday August 15, evokes “a truly unprecedented humanitarian crisis”. Before the Taliban came to power, 14 million people suffered from hunger. Today, there are 23 million people, which represents half of the population.
“The state is bankrupt, since it was living on an international drip, an aid that has completely stopped. And then, Afghanistan is facing a liquidity problem, since the Americans have frozen the 7 billion dollars of the US Central Bank. So, today, it’s extremely complicated”relates the journalist. In the markets, the price of food has increased three, four or five times. “The poorest eat bread, sweet tea, and even the middle classes are struggling to survive. I have lived in Afghanistan for a very long time and I have never seen this”testifies Dorothy Ollieric.
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