The challenges facing the Taliban
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Afghanistan and the International Sanctions
The Taliban is one of the best funded militant groups around the world. Their income is estimated perhaps at hundreds of millions of dollars, as much as one point six million dollars. This comes principally from their very effective capacity to tax any economic activity that goes through or has gone on in afghanistan. That continues to be a backbone of the afghan economy. The big question is how much of thet trade will remain.
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