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Afghans Face Bank Runs, Food Shortages As Taliban Work To Form Government

Afghans Face Bank Runs, Food Shortages As Taliban Work To Form Government
Afghans Face Bank Runs, Food Shortages As Taliban Work To Form Government

By Tyler Durden  

As the Taliban shifts its focus to forming a functioning government and meeting the needs of the 38MM Afghans it’s now responsible for governing, fighters are working to bring the last remaining rebel-held province, Panjshir, under Taliban control. The Taliban said Thursday that they had finally captured the district of Shotul, while the rest of Panjshir remains in the hands of rebel groups who are simultaneously negotiating with the Taliban, per WSJ. Casualties have been reported on both sides.

But even more pressing than cementing their control over all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, is the fact that the Taliban needs to figure out how to reopen its country’s shattered economy before figuring out how to reorder society. They need to get money flowing through the country’s banks, and, by extension, food in people’s mouths, in what’s mostly a cash-based economy, the FT reports.

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