Afghans Pushed to Desperate Measures to Survive

Wall Street Journal: “Afghans are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to survive an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, which has accelerated since the Taliban ousted the U.S.-backed government, and the subsequent economic collapse.”

“More than half the country’s 39 million population are now facing acute hunger, according to the United Nations, and 95% don’t get enough to eat. Prices of basic food staples like flour and oil have doubled since the Taliban took over. Much of the economy has ground to a halt, while the international community has frozen Afghanistan’s foreign assets, imposed sanctions and stopped most aid.”