Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August has had a significant impact on the economy, citizens as markets fill with people selling furniture to earn money for food
22.8 million people – will face extreme hunger over the winter months as the country plunges deeper into a worsening food crisis.
The Taliban’s takeover of the country in August has had a significant impact on the economy. More than 500,000 Afghan security-force members lost their jobs and civil servants have not been paid in more than three months, the report said. Taliban control meant a freeze of US$9.5-billion in government assets, causing the economy to deteriorate further; likewise the value of the currency.
The report said that more than 3.2 million children under 5 are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year. Earlier this month, World Food Programme and Unicef said one million children were at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition without lifesaving intervention. Save the Children cited Ottawa’s August announcement to spend an additional $50-million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as an initial response to the crisis, but said that with needs escalating, “additional life-saving support is desperately needed.”
“Our government remains committed to Afghanistan and the Afghan people and we will continue to do all that we can to support them,” he said.
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