Friday, October 29, 2021

The Afghan Economy Collapses

Waiting for U.S. food aid to be distributed (YouTube screen grab).  

Rajan Laad, American Thinker: Biden's humanitarian crisis hitting Afghanistan hard 

Almost two months after Joe Biden's disastrously botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, that country is in unfathomable peril on multiple fronts. 

There was a terror attack on Kabul airport that killed at least 170 and injured over 200. Taliban fighters have been patrolling with AK-47 Kalashnikov rifles. The Taliban beheaded an Afghan interpreter for the U.S. Army. The Taliban has conducted public hangings. 

The Taliban has persecuted minority groups. There has been a surge in Islamic State attacks on Shia minorities. The Taliban has prevented women from going to work while female students haven't been allowed to go to school. 

Thus, Afghanistan is more unstable than an overturned beehive.  

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WNU Editor: A sobering read on how much Afghanistan has fallen since the Taliban takeover of the country two and a half months ago. Expectation that the Taliban were capable of running an economy was always a stretch, and we are now seeing the aftermath of this disaster unfolding in real time.

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