Afghanistan's economy is on the brink of collapse and what the u.N. calls a looming humanitarian crisis. Even if you have money in the bank, getting it out is so difficult tat things have gotten worse since e teleban came. What little we had went to zero. Everybody is one meal away from being hungry.
That’s what the United Nations says is taking place in Afghanistan right now.
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