Ali latifi is a journalist based in cabul. We asked him what life is like to day for afghans on the brink. He says people are doing anything that they can to make some level money. But it's much more difficult than before, he adds.
The US froze billions in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves when the Taliban took control. Now it’s wrestling with how to trust the Taliban with the Afghan people’s money.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez and Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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