Afghanistan’s Fall Into Extreme Poverty, Explained | WSJ

[@aristot9642]

He’d rather sell his organs than letting his daughters go hungry, I feel ashamed now, because I can’t call myself a man with this hero living and breathing, what a hero…

[@ChandranPrema123]

Now Pakistani Army is bombing Afganistan whos 1/3 of the land Pashtunisthan(Afganistan)is under Pakistan.No US or NATO will ask these.

[@mursalafghan2418]

unfortunately thousands made such decisions…..

[@sunstar2599]

Mister. Dont blame yourself. If your were in survival mode,you too would do it

[@helenhoward5346]

Yeah he'll probably end up selling them too in an effort to save them and himself/his wife and younger children + potential bread earners aka boys. I mean, it's horrid stuff but people lose their humanity during times of prolonged severe famine and deprivation, then you also have had the unending turmoil for decades now. Yeah, I mean, it's just screwed and the average person lacks much control or accountability over their own and loved ones' survival right now. He's making the necessary sacrifices and desperate caring parent would right now but like I said, it's not going to be a freely made choice after he's literally sacrificed everything he possibly can for his girls, it's admirable and heartbreaking as a mom. I can't imagine selling my children, my daughters, bc it'd give them a slightly better chance of survival (they were paid for so the buyer will hopefully want to ensure the life and value of his investment...) compared to remaining with their family. But it's not a black and white issue when there's material scarcity and an unstable ruthless social environment and governing force. I rush I had practical solutions for those suffering right now but unfortunately none of us do except a select few

[@sunstar2599]

@@helenhoward5346 desperate problems needs desperate solutions

[@msjahun]

I'm from Nigeria and prices have doubled and in some cases tripled in the past 6 months, oil price is a record high too(though still way cheaper than in the US), some say it's due to pandemic or corruption, but inflation did not just affect Afghanistan only, hope it gets better for everyone

[@abanjuanito529]

Severe inflations in the United States too. it's our American govnt screw up the supply chain ....

[@WonderfulLidoff]

how is it cheaper than the us? you are roughly paying around the same price per gallon as the us yet barely make the same amount of money to afford the gas.

[@msjahun]

@@WonderfulLidoff 1 litre is N165 and 1 gallon(4.5 litres) is about N750, which is approximately 1.80USD per gallon in Nigeria, I hear gas in the US is about 4USD (I might be wrong tho, don't know the correct amount per gallon in the US)

[@bloodwargaming3662]

@@msjahun 6-7 usd gallon

[@fauzanritno]

USA should unfroze Afghanistan foreign reserves, that's 7 Billion USD. Afghanistan is sovereign country, let the nation choose what they want. Afghan's people hunger because of USA. Are their missery look like a joke for USA the 🤡 ?? Countries in the world follow west financial system for keeping the peace not got dictated and sacrified as value on people from the rest of the world's life is cheap in west perpectives.

[@Anaa_95]

It's extremely depressing seeing a father sell his organ for basic necessities because he refuse to beg! What a great man

[@edcaspe5785]

if i live in that country, i will do the best i can to run away going to other countries, staying in violent countries is a waste of life

[@rickydinto]

@@edcaspe5785 It's Afghanistan, you could be accused a terrorist, especially if you're an undocumented immigrant, it's so complicated.

[@edcaspe5785]

@@rickydinto it's ok. do you know that success rate is higher if you are willing to bet? the higher the risk, the bigger the prize, every businessmen risk their money first, if you are a poor afghan and stayed in Afghanistan you whole life, your life will be miserable forever, but if you take the risk, and try to escape out of the Country, you will have a chance,

[@pepijykyum]

@@edcaspe5785 it's not easy but good point.

[@ramadeanchannel5597]

Then he sells his daughter. 🥺

[@dynamitetortilla7519]

Did she say some sell their daughters in the first 15 seconds … and not mention any other word about it again afterwards?

[@ScarFPS]

this is so depressing when she said daughters😔😔

[@Palatineoffacts]

its common in poor countries

[@SSC604]

Sons carry the name and bring money home while daughters get married off. Makes sense.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

Americans do it. Its called adoption. I just call it human trafficking.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

White girls go for 60k$ in the USA black boys are 15k$

[@anades8322]

There was that Japanese doctor who helped Afghan’s agriculture making irrigation in the desert. Wondering what Taliban government done with that? May GOD bless these people…

[@NAA-sk1ov]

Foreigners other than the US were welcomed to stay

[@anneeq008]

One off philanthropists do nothing to help the cause.

[@lightfulcore]

This is what happens when the US sanctioned all of the money that was rightfully Afghanistan's

[@creativebomb8198]

@@NAA-sk1ov spelling error, you mean slay

[@SaifAlikhan-wy1zs]

He is Dr nakamura

[@evolancer211]

Did we really expect anything else?

[@zoybean]

When the US steals and freezes money from the poorest of people, this is what happens

[@kingmaker2603]

After US sanctions NO We don't expect US to care about starving children to death by sanctions

[@hyy3657]

Used to be beacon of humankind...they left this disaster....

[@Turnpost2552]

@@hyy3657 20 years........

[@captng]

I blame the Afghan men if they weren't so cowards they would have fought for their families and their land like ukrainians.... Instead the afghanis chose Taliban and look what they've done to the place. Clearly we should have trained the Afghan women to be soldiers and let them men stay home and cook..🤣🤣🌞

[@fberdf]

The Afghans did not want to fight the Talibans, had they done half of what the Ukranians are doing, they would have a better life now.

[@visheshtyagi8041]

99.8% of them are muslim...most of them wanted sharia..now they are getting it...

[@alireact1827]

But in Afghanistan case is different. People wanted Taliban to take over. Majority of Afghans wanted US and Nato out and see as the enemy of Islam.

[@herbtapp3031]

@@alireact1827 Careful what you wish for then I guess is the lesson here.

[@fberdf]

@@alireact1827 Did they? They did not have to sell kidneys before and could feed their families at least. They could get profit from small business. Its worse than it was in the last 40 years. Did they want that?

[@jacer5677]

@@herbtapp3031 nah if USA didn't steal 7 billion dollars which is a property of afghan people the situation would've been much better.

[@CDN1975]

Will keep this video in mind when I feel like complaining about rising gas and food prices here in Canada. Poor souls.

[@dumpsterfire6351]

Reap what you sow

[@AsadAli-kk2ig]

Hope it'll gets worse for u

[@kenlompart9905]

Keep Trudeau in mind too when complaining about the price of gas and food, his useless carbon tax is making it worse when he should be trying to make it better.

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

blame your president.

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

@@AsadAli-kk2ig you are an evil person wishing harm on others. even though i hate you - i wish it gets better for you

[@sg4929]

Respect the man who chose not to hold guns but to sacrifice whatever he had almost his life for his family...

[@ramadeanchannel5597]

yup including the way he is selling his daughter.

[@Wise__guy]

Of course you’re happy that he’s not fighting back. This is your typical western mindset. Only you guys have the right to pick up arms and go wage “freedom” wars around the world. While condemning everyone else if they did the same.

[@Doug-mu2ev]

Please do not stop reporting on these issues as we cannot lose sight of what is happening just because we have withdrawn our military!

[@abeerhassan97]

you lost the war and call it withdrawal.

[@zccau2316]

Then give them their money that the US Gov have stolen!!!

[@codechannel528]

Biden stole $8 billion from the Afghan people and gave it to Americans. Disgusting.

[@joimy95]

How shamefull to sel your own chiled for food. Allah never forgives thus kind of evil. No wonder they are punished with war and poverty.

[@morocCaNhmed]

We lost my friend stop calling it withdrawal. We need to return their $7 billions we stole from them, and let them run their country. Why we have to export our "freedom" everywhere we go and when we "withdraw" we leave a mess behind, a country on a brink of economical collapse, with below zero achievements, only thing out taxpayers money is used in these invasions and atrocities.

[@billchen303]

I’m so sorry for what they are going through

[@bb590]

Islam DESTROYS everthing

[@bakbar7431]

No USA destroys everything

[@imjashingyou3461]

This is what happens when suddenly half of your workforce becomes dependants. Economies don't do well when workers are outnumbered by dependants (normally retirees, children, and persons to severely disabled to work)

[@Omer1996E.C]

If it was a shortage in labor, men would at least get a job that pays 1$ a day at least

[@zoybean]

This is what happens when the US sanctions poor people and steals what little money they have.

[@imjashingyou3461]

@Omer عمر a high dependency ratio does not equal labor shortage automatically. All it means is there are lot of extra people to take care of per income. There can be a lack of jobs driving down wages at the same time.

[@LeoNegrete84]

Democraps want the world to.be a third world EVERYWHERE.... LETS GO BRANDON

[@annadagmarapl]

n o no no the fertility and poverty rate is very high in Afghansitan ...they have been living all this years from international help dependings huge families and multiple children on it..on the contrary they have h9igh number of work force and is not aging population,this is when you living on international help for years adding new child to the family every year...

[@abdulrahman31350]

Afghans wanted the taliban so here you are

[@lodwhunno6278]

Who is freezing talibans assets? Does sanctions have anything to do with it?

[@lodwhunno6278]

@@nightmark2120 the article said the assets were frozen which means they can't get credit and they can't access funds

[@mkl6212]

and they wanted the sanctions off but the west is childish and cant face loosing so easily

[@mkl6212]

@@lodwhunno6278 the west put them into effect at the start now they lost they dont want to get rid of it for a future attack but now russia and china are trying to help and dont worry the work of charitys are helping out and the talib is making school free and healthcare a massive importance so the people who have any medical ideas they will be rushed to help and make schools for women and hospitals the us bombed

[@burraq1.032]

us sanctions played a major part in this

[@marksluimers4241]

Good to see the good and brave people of Afghanistan are getting the government and economy they deserve

[@maz1319]

Their situation will only get worse now that they have decided to forbid women from working, going to school, owning property, buying in stores, or having access to birthcontrol. You can't forbid half of the population of executing and learning basic skills and expect the economy to do well.

[@meferswift]

Tbf it is problem when it is sudden from what it is before.

[@maz1319]

@@meferswift It's always a problem, in every situation, sudden, or not.

[@donnyh3497]

Wow, who would have thought that places where their religion looks down on science and women's rights would go broke.

[@johnxina5126]

The same religion is also followed in the Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia or Dubai

[@ipadair7345]

Extreme Talibanism isn't.@@johnxina5126 Just because they're in the same religious family? the sects may hold vastly different beliefs, and consider each other heretical.

[@akiogood4712]

then why do all women love Muslim men and why do soo many western women embrace Islam? I personally know many western girls who embraced Islam.

[@ipadair7345]

​@@akiogood4712 Not sure about the former, but latter is just due to them thinking its trendy. Like how many teenagers used to embrace "witchcraft", or "black magic". or "Kaballah", or how many people for no reason in particular embrace "any Indian religion" due to it being quirky. They just think its trendy. Its utterly foolish, and downright insulting, but you barring such actions is also stupid. So lets don't care.

[@johnxina5126]

@@ipadair7345 those sects derive from the same religion,that was once practiced in the Arabia of Muhammad's (saw) time. The above comment equates being broke with with religion, irrespective of other factors. Secondly how can you blame the problems of a troubled nation on religion? If the Gulf Arab countries are better off due to another sect, then one should not blame the entire religion but that particular application of the religion in that one region. Talabanism=Islam as much as Sufism=Islam and a bazillion other sects/semi-sects and orders. Islam is quite diverse

[@sachin_rider]

And here in India we complain about the Oil price increased for 1 dollars 🤦 i mean what else could be worse then selling own organs to get money to lead even a basic life never or ever i cannot imagine how people are suffering more strength to Afghan people 😔❤️

[@Manfrommars808]

Well our country is not run by taliban if you see the daily cheap workers who makes only hundreds in a day even increase in ₹10 is very expensive 🙄

[@sachin_rider]

@sandy but glad none selling kidneys to survive unlike the Afghan crisis

[@sl4y8r76]

@@sachin_rider i see you've used a lot of mental gymnastics to come to this conclusion

[@fauxque5057]

He should have traveled out of there before selling a kidney. $2300 is a steal, they commonly sell for over 10x that

[@sachin_rider]

@@fauxque5057 It's like a locked up prison no one can go out and this is just a beginning

[@anneeq008]

This report operates under the assumption that there was a functioning economy before the Taliban 🤣

[@ahmedfox5935]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@princehamza890]

No she mentioned it was always poor. But since taliban cane they can't withdraw money from atm.

[@FF-ch9nr]

I mean, they were a Silk Road country some time ago, meaning the region actually did have substantial wealth. Well at least before the world industrialised.

[@smashandburnyt6938]

@ashish sharma Mongolia has an average economy though

[@fallencrow6718]

@@smashandburnyt6938 Because nobody wants the to start raiding again.

[@shiroiakuma3054]

That's why this peaceful religion shouldn't spread worldwide or the world would face this type of peacefulness by this peaceful religion.

[@mbbs430]

Peaceful ppl no matter what never fail to breed Peaceful pigs even in crisis. Alhadulliha

[@n.s.g.2787]

Religion doesn't have anything with this! Afghanistan was under occupation last 30 years! 1. Rusisia, then USA/ EU! They never lieve them alone, it was war after war! Dubai. Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Indonesia are Muslims too, but they are not poor they are rich and yes they are in peace! I Fell sorry for braineashed people like you! 😒

[@anthonymanderson7671]

Stop blaming islam for this.

[@DeepakRajput-ko8ge]

India donated 50,000 tons of wheat, we will send more help. World shouldn't be silent when families have to sell organs or their daughters to have food.

[@zoybean]

As a Pakistani, I can say that India has done a great job in saving so many lives in Afghanistan. I don't like the Kashmir problem, and hope we can resolve it peacefully together.

[@jirachi-wishmaker9242]

This is truely depressing

[@johnxina5126]

i think as Pakistani that India's efforts are truly comendable. Hopefullt peace is established between our two states so Afghanistan is not a playground for proxy wars

[@breezemont1161]

It's so bad that we Indians are always the helper but many of the times we are not helped at all.

[@AbhishekChauhan-rj9wg]

@@zoybean yeah we do by taking whole kashmir.

[@_hulk748]

That man is a true hero who sold his kidney for his child's ..i hope everyone who is suffering gets out of this situation 🙏🙏love and respect to local Afghan peoples from India 🙏

[@adrienpetit8716]

This man literally sells his organs to feed his daughters yet I am too lazy to take the trash out, I feel ashamed

[@louth1770]

Why aren't the oil rich producing Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, donate and help Afghanistan?

[@RISE.....]

Afghans and Arabs Different

[@prashr4075]

Afghans n Arabs are different ethnicity. And so are their religious values. Afghans are more closer to Iran. And logically how will Arabs send money when usd is blocked, and if they want to travel, travel via enemy territory ie Iran And for what reason? There is no economic value or return for Arabs in Afghanistan

[@adepja]

Whoa whoa you're telling me extremist totalitarianism leads to economic collapse? I'M SHOCKED

[@desamster]

Let's ignore the crippling sanctions?

[@adepja]

@@desamster Let's ignore the fact that they hate my country and slaughter anyone who refuses to convert to islam?

[@robihamdani5385]

Yes

[@phoenixrising8640]

That would be the US sanctions, the stealing of Afghan assets and the looting by the US-puppet government and the humanitarian crisis which started under US watch, the aid dependence and the destruction of Afghanistan by the US and NATO

[@shirbir120]

bruh previous government got no back bone and corrupted to the core. Country's assets basically kept on other's soil. Guess its better Taliban take it over now even with the whole world sanctioning, at least now they could learn on independence.

[@rob0576a]

Afghanistan 🇦🇫 never gets a break from terrible governance.

[@MycribsDirty]

And terrorism

[@vietnamiscool2669]

Fight for your own nation…….it’s not Americas responsibility , to fight for you( they fought for you for 20 years )

[@acecardinal]

Afghanistan has been in extreme poverty for decades, this is nothing new. A developing country constantly fighting off the most powerful invaders in the world will be extremely poor.

[@AS-zh4qq]

Because it has been ongoing for several years due to unjust invasions, does not make it ok. Definitely does not justify freezing the assets that are rightfully theirs.

[@wangyi8031]

Taliban powerfull? The US had complete control of the country with just 10,000 troops and air support. Afghanistan people just dont have the brains to do anything that requires comitment and taking things seriously

[@meferswift]

@@AS-zh4qq not even

[@skylaralexis7699]

Yeah... that’s now why Afghanistan has been an economic dumpster fire for decades. It’s because they’re set in their regressive and medieval ways, and refuse to change even the slightest bit to evolve with changing times and changing values. They still think that women are things to be traded by men, with no agency over themselves and their own lives. The men won’t tolerate birth control. The land is incapable of growing any worthwhile food crops, but is rich in minerals, but no company can go and mine there, because the tribal savages will basically slaughter anyone who works there. Trillions of dollars invested in their country and economy, infrastructure projects handed to them for free from countries around the world, including mine, India, 20 years of modernisation and allowing women to study, work and have potential for their own futures... and these people chose the Taliban over all that. At some point, you have to stop finding someone else to blame for your problems and accept that you created them all yourself.

[@freedomisamust4754]

@@skylaralexis7699 your knowledge of Afghans and Afghanistan is laughable, please educate yourself and learn some history not from faux or CNN.

[@youtindia]

WSJ: Let's send two female journalists to the most unsafe place for women and journalists in the world.

[@JJs_playground]

I know, i was thinking the exact same thing. What are they thinking?!

[@musaab.4971]

Safer than India

[@johnxina5126]

How is it unsafe? Sharia and Pashtunwali prevents men from looking at women with a lustful gaze while the Shariat orders stoning of rapists (I believe the Taliban do follow this but some Muslims interpret the scriptures differently). Also the only journalist that I can think off who was killed was during the fighting in the Taliban offensive BEFORE their governemnt was established

[@breezemont1161]

@@musaab.4971 Your hate for India won't change the reality. So cope.

[@phoenix5054]

I don't think there's a lot of young male graduates of Journalism lately. It has become a female dominated field, and the men who are there are mostly 40+ yrs old.

[@Critical-Thinker895]

Afghanistan was a thriving and modern country until 1979. Look back at what happened in 1979 and you will see the cause of Afghanistan's problems today. The west did not cause this. Today Afghanistan requires billions of dollars every year. Russia is the country that should be sending the Afghans money. I see their poppy harvest is good this year. They'd rather survive on that.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

soviet bullding home in afganistan

[@kai2690]

@abdennour O Afghanistan is in state of war since 80s so whatever was there before was better

[@iammuscular4326]

@@stereomachine unrest happened long before USSR invasion of Afghanistan and to stop that unrest and to take a great position in Middle East but that plan failed and Afghanistan was left leaning which Pakistan which was us supporter and the extremist muslim of rural Afghanistan didn't like

[@hyy3657]

So...used to be beacon of humankind...and just left this disaster....is this okay??

[@johnxina5126]

Yeah Afghanistan pre 1979 was just like Iran before 1979, outside of the major cities the people lives in povetry with polarizing wealth gaps between the rural and the urban. But no since we could see the odd Afghan/Iranian women showing off her legs in Kabul/Tehran before 1979 then obviously teh country was in a better state. This is Western thinking. Also why does ONLY Russia get the blame? What about the US invasion, both countries are equal in destroying the nation

[@zimcoder]

Every country that the USA has invaded has been left poorer and in a worse state than when they invaded. They slap sanctions on them as an added insult. How do sanctions help the people of Afghanistan?

[@backintimealwyn5736]

The Us are a very cynical power and it's geting worse, they are attacking their own population now. I don't know what it is , but something's really wrong overthere. Like many I got fooled in the past by their talks about bringing democracy to the world , I see now that is was only a tool that they are willing to let go of at the minute it's no use to them anymore

[@roastingminer6919]

There have been images from late 2000s and early 2010s showing American troops with truck loads of middle eastern gold reserves. This was including Afghanistan. The American army came to loot and divide the ppl, the same old tactic of the British empire...

[@LivingWithGout]

Umm…your uneducated comment is hilarious. What about Korea, Japan, Germany…etc. It’s the people willingness to change and improve, and the sole barrier to improvement is strict religious views.

[@roastingminer6919]

@@LivingWithGout they were left alone to deal with their problems OR givin huge aid and boosters. They all had western backed leader... Ofc they would be more successful. Furthermore, they were not robbed of their gold reserves and their ENTIRE infrastructure was not destroyed...

[@LivingWithGout]

@@roastingminer6919 yup, wholeheartedly agree!!! Giving girls rights is too much to ask, or fair legal system…not that barbaric public execution, limb amputation for stealing a loaf of bread. Also, they had a whole decade of US’ support. Fundamentally the people does not want to change or improve. Gosh look at Vietnam and South Korea…the people’s willingness to change is the start.

[@PG-tc6os]

This is a sad reality 😔

[@AKAAAK]

LOL.....Welcome to Talibozo lifestyle. Y'all wanted foreign military gone now you get to reap what you sow.

[@dchappy6985]

You better hope countries don't reap what they sow. Otherwise, the US and Russia/USSR will have alot of reaping for the endless war they brought to Afghanistan.

[@carlosbrown9493]

Listen what you talking about you racist white man! white man caused the issue

[@user-oq3bf3kf6f]

@@dchappy6985 oh and Vietnam and Japan and ww1 and 2 and countless other African countries and so many more too. Pointing fingers won't work here as the US has the most blood on its hands.

[@SA-nu2so]

my friends family in afghanistan said it’s better now due to no corruption but western media kept on exaggerating it. it’s better to ask ppl who live there than media companies that profit off clickbait

[@rickyhern2156]

@@SA-nu2so Men or women? Lol

[@Reticulosis]

Hey, they wanted the taliban, they got taliban. There are two great tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to getting it

[@ruthaakamonica5602]

Who wanted the Taliban ? They had no other choice because most of them died !

[@transformers5419]

So the u.s. said let’s starve the entire country. Man those womens rights bs really helped didn’t it? Now you have them starving

[@User-LS-n5m]

@@ruthaakamonica5602 Afghanistan military was trained to defend themselves by the US, but they refused to fight for their homeland (partially bc the Afghanistan leadership is also corrupt ) So the Taliban took over without much resistance from the afghani people , and Here we are . Look, When you make a choice you need to live with the consequences. Now The Afghanistan people need to come together and act to oust the corrupt leadership or they're screwed.

[@AS-zh4qq]

@@User-LS-n5m The Afghan military and president was told by the US to give in. Don’t forget Mujahideen were created by MI6 and CIA to fight off Communists. Afterwards they needed an excuse to invade Afghanistan, to launder the average American’s tax money, and they succeeded. When it was time to stop, they just put the Tban back in power.

[@samlocoaa1726]

Whenever you think your life is worse just always remember that there is always a person that have it way worse than you. Let's all be thankful.

[@isay207]

That's Islamic extremist how's it working for you

[@snapper7277]

This is what happens when you believe in religion instead of the human man/brother

[@polarspirit]

Backward religion creates backward progression

[@x-men69-96]

$9 for a oil bottle. it's still much cheaper than the horrible inflation in the US

[@Kirktrgs]

My sympathies for the Afghan people, hopefully one day they will have better leadership.

[@yasminenazarine1629]

Yes your native land afganistan

[@Kirktrgs]

@@yasminenazarine1629 I'm not from Afghanistan, I'm from Azad Kashmir but it saddens me to see how the Afghan people have to live under these fanatics.

[@yasminenazarine1629]

@@Kirktrgs poverty everywhere war everywhere

[@yasminenazarine1629]

@@Kirktrgs Saeed name only afganistan & Iran how southeast isian have name Saeed 🤨

[@user-oq3bf3kf6f]

@@yasminenazarine1629 Oh! Pakistan and India is in South Asia. Saeed is also a South Asian name.

[@fazleemarantika5125]

Its their country. Let them manage themself. Don't act like you want to control everything on this planet.

[@venusstardust479]

Selling your daughter or organs?! My God..thank you for all my blessings and all i take for granted...its beyond sad

[@isay207]

Its disgusting what cowards

[@95ellington]

"Afghans Central bank Assets on foreign soil, and in the US" Problem one: Don't have assets in your enemies' country.

[@thejeffinvade]

US has seized $7 billion reserves of Afghan central bank in the US and used half of it to pay 911 victims.

[@sajjad3763]

US lost

[@Kingdede94]

previous regime were a US puppet, so there are where they stashed the money

[@kingmaker2603]

They didn't have assets in US The US made it like that when it occupied it

[@borootaku6263]

So their killing the people who their trying to save?

[@JuicymangoEvolutionK]

So sorry to hear this but the Afghan people gave the taliban power by the men fleeing leaving women and children behind? the very same people who wanted the west gone. so the west left stop this blaming you got what you wished for so enjoy your so called freedom from the west.

[@MrsMeowMeowWoof]

It doesn't really make sense for the U.S.A to help their enemies. Why would anyone help the Taliban? It sends a poor message. Perhaps China will help though because they've been great with foreign lending to developing countries. Still though, for people to say "they did this themselves" is very cruel. We don't know the lived experiences of Afghanis and shouldn't judge them. Famine and poverty are terrible for anyone and everyone. My heart goes out to them. I hope they can become self sufficient soon at the very least.

[@spysideways7824]

They deserve it They are not fighters nor soldiers but they let thugs take over their country and endangered their children especially girls and therefore neglected and failed in their duty...Afganistan is a good example of "harmless is not equal to innocent".

[@lisab3287]

very ironic to tell the afghan military that they were too weak and "deserve it", when, in fact, the most powerful and resourceful military of the world (the US military) wasn´t even able to contain the taliban.

[@spysideways7824]

@Md Shanto if your daughter is about to get raped and you want to think about US then thats your wish

[@frauyodortmund]

Since 1979 Afghanistan has suffered

[@tonystark341]

That's what happened when you living in a Theocracy, and don't prioritize the economy

[@ChandranPrema123]

As if Democracy in Afganistan made it a Better Country.Like India has been asking why US were there nothing just to see Pakistan backed Militants having US Uniforms and M4 Lovacs in India.Good luck loosing with Ukraine a lost war.

[@HalalHistory]

The US froze billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s foreign reserve, and they were also sanctioned, and people still blame the Taliban for these problems

[@luka1608]

@@ChandranPrema123 Afghanistann shouldn't exist and shluld be splited between neighbours

[@ThatsABean]

My man really forgot that this country just came out of a 20 year war and has not had long term peace for over 40 years

[@marcusbrown188]

Unfortunately Afghanistan is very unique as they face every single problem a country can have besides foreign takeover

[@mr.fuszyhat300]

Imagine men not fighting back .

[@tams805]

Well, more of them should have stood up for government they had before the Taliban took over. This is the cost of letting the Taliban take control.

[@codechannel528]

Biden stole $8 billion dollars from the Afghan people when he ran away. He gave that money to Americans. Then he turned around and sanctioned the country.

[@arjenvelkers6804]

You would have surely picked up an AK and perished for an US installed puppet regime. Most people in the west are very courages from their ivory tower.

[@rosymylene1878]

Is the $9 billion in reserves from their Central Bank still frozen? They should be thawed immediately, because people do not deserve to have to sell their organs just to put food on the table. If this is how we left a nation and their people after 20 years of occupation, we really need to do some soul searching and assist those starving and in dire need.

[@niladrighosh7515]

Taliban government will take all the money and will invest in terrorism. Sad but it's reality

[@zarakl821]

@I Love The Way U lie ultimately, it belongs to the people of Afghanistan regardless of current government.

[@zarakl821]

@I Love The Way U lie well, the west complain that the people are starving but you won't unfreeze the assets until you force the Taliban on certain terms. In the end, the common people suffer.😢

[@emmanueldidier321]

@Crypto Leo An absolutely ignorant comment. Afghanistan was a monarchy on the path to development until the King's uncle seized power with the support of the Afghan communists, who 3 years later seized power by force with the support of the Soviet Union. So, blame the Communists!

[@nggd2259]

@Crypto LeoA lot of issues were caused by the Taliban.

[@omnione12]

Heart goes out to these people, I wish the 20 years he spent there was worth something, but I can see it was all for nothing.

[@tinkerinjones6604]

The Taliban is a nightmare...I sincerely wish Afghanistans leadership had been honest and stood for its people, instead of running and leaving everything to terrorists. I feel so bad for them

[@rickh556]

If only Afghan leadership/ forces had a fraction of Ukrainian conviction, this story would be completely different. One faces a global power, the other not so much. I love the Afghan people, but their soldiers were selling American weapons to the Taliban, so they could support their opioid habits. Americans were using its weaponry against its own weaponry. What an endless money pit, and thanks to POTUS for being the first of three presidents to keep his campaign promise to withdraw. And please do your research before saying we withdrew the wrong way. There was NO other way.

[@vzjrz]

Sad but true

[@zoybean]

Afghans did fight, they fought the USA. USA killed hundreds of thousands of Afghans. Meanwhile Ukraine president is literally a billionaire and funded with tons of weapons, while afghans only had ak47 and old Toyota trucks

[@ShaudaySmith]

Agreed that Afghan Leadership is impotent and weak. But there were much better ways of withdrawing US Troops that didn't abandon hundreds of millions of dollars of equipment, and hundreds of people. You are right that there was no way to avoid total economic disruption though. With their economy being propped up entirely by outside aid.... they never stood a chance. Afghans need to save themselves.

[@kingmaker2603]

The US has imposed sanctions on Afghanistan How hard is that to understand

[@ediriswanto8394]

@@ShaudaySmith yess

[@18000rpm]

This is what happens when a country doesn't help itself. They had the chance to build an economy and government when the US was there but instead they allowed the Taliban to maintain their power and take over once the US left. I'm sorry for the hardships of the people there but if they don't help themselves to rid the Tailban they will continue to suffer.

[@hyy3657]

Come on....a tribe country, what do you expect? Should do something until it's properly done, this called responsibility

[@Maria-io8ii]

That oil is cheaper there in Australia we paying almost $15 for a bottle of oil that size I feel so sad for people living in this condition

[@adee6467]

8-10$ in India

[@gopalbansal7977]

@@adee6467 that bootle is looks like of 2l and it's no more than 5$ in india that too maximum , it can be lower in local markets

[@siuu227]

10-15$ in Bangladesh

[@AnupKumar-nl2gv]

Poverty is the power of islam.

[@user-tr9th6pc2y]

افغانستان من اغنى دول العالم و افقرها بسببكم لانكم تريدون سرقتها

[@five-starlamar1166]

People should not have to sell their kidney's to feed their family. May Allah bless them with goodness, abundance & sustainment.

[@stanleyhood7354]

Well prayer is powerful. You can pray that God sill g we t this economic debacle under control.

[@roastingminer6919]

You can blame America for that, nobody asked them to get involved

[@jeanneann3545]

@@roastingminer6919 Im an ex muslim and I think what America did is vreat. Although it only last for very short while, Afghanistan tasted freedom because of America actions. If im right, Afghanistan is long in extreme condition even before America got involved.

[@roastingminer6919]

@@jeanneann3545 i live in England were there are so many Afghanistan refugees i know of personally, old and young and they have told me that most of their recent years probelms were from western/ European countries. They were a quiet land of farmers and lived a fine life, you can even find pre war time reports on Afghanistan and it was a stable country.

[@jeanneann3545]

@@roastingminer6919 Are you sure they arent just brainwashed? Islam Revolution come in 1970s and all islamic countries went downhill from then on, their life is very far away from ideal, especially when extreme ideologies popping right and left during that time. My country, even if its islamic, used to be fairly liberal enough alcohols was sold openly, women doesn't have to wear hijabs etc. 1970 killed any resemblance of freedom here. Today, the act of eating during Ramadhan in public can cause you to get fined and thrown into jail.

[@Jake-co8xu]

Sending a female reporter to Afghanistan where you can't see a single woman on the street is very bold

[@OoOiTzkEv]

A lot of ppl in that country supported the Taliban. Let them lay in the bed they created. These ppl have no one but themselves to blame for their conditions. Maybe they should have fought harder to keep their democracy. Adapt or die.

[@zoybean]

It wasn't democracy. US used to abuse kids inside military bases, so afghans fought against that. There was no democracy

[@johnxina5126]

Lol their "democracy". Warlords like Dostum were democracy yeah right

[@mtadams2009]

Not hating on the Afghan people but they were given the training and weapons to stand up and take back their country but gave up in a couple hours. I will admit I don’t really understand being so tightly religious. I wish them well but I don’t have much hope.

[@andriabell6044]

I say the Taliban should have had a better plan before they became a de facto government and to expect help from the outside now is ludicrous! They play on America's sympathy using starving people and they win when they get aid! They have some nerve looking for it! The Taliban should have been growing food before they took it over, but the bottom line is it's always the people just trying to survive that do the suffering! When I see the Taliban sending food and care packages to Africa & America then I'll send food and care packages to Afghanistan!

[@MrKingtyrant05]

Exactly!! No one wants to live under a force religion city that can get you kill for the simples thing ruled by these backwards old men that are corrupted. They are forcing to teach little boys the Koran but no education and what happen when they're all grown with no skills?? Absolutely useless. That's why every foreign doctor and workers left the country and now look. They are paying the price and sadly the innocent civilians are too cause of these grown old me with their guns. How can these Muslims still live in the ice age?? Literally still dress like in biblical times when we are have advanced yet they assume us to help them and same time want us to live in the ice age to submit their god.

[@80sidd]

No war in Afghanistan so let them manage as they have the government they deserve

[@AS-zh4qq]

The frozen assets belong to the people. So how is punishing the people gonna affect the Tban? You think they care about the population? If they did they would not be bombing and killing their own people. Taliban are young brainwashed men, programmed like a computer to be extreme from a very early age.

[@SheryAwan123]

Why you attack them in the first place now dont act innocent

[@kurayamaking6425]

@@SheryAwan123 he didn't attack them like you didn't do 9/11

[@bsmbB]

The moral of the story is "be careful what you wish for". The us and allied forces left like they wanted

[@pamelahomeyer748]

The Afghan people have mismanaged their country for hundreds of years but the biggest damage was when Russia invaded them and tried to take over

[@nathansuka5302]

“Let’s trust God. Then decided to sell my kidney.” Okay. That makes perfect sense.

[@nathansuka5302]

@Muhammad Loves Pigs and Little Boys. that’s up to a very big debate whether Allah existed in the first place. And most importantly, if he did, that means he also creates other things like terrorism etc?

[@nathansuka5302]

@Mustafa Bayraktar and?

[@skylaralexis7699]

@Mustafa Bayraktar yeah, the underlying reason being that the Taliban are a terrorist organisation with regressive values and a horrendous human rights record, and the afghan people CHOSE the Taliban, and chose to flush 20 years of progress down the drain. It’s impossible to have any kind of sympathy for them anymore.

[@gps6800]

sadly he didn't sell both of them.

[@isay207]

They'll wait for Allah to save them and wait wait wait instead of doing something productive

[@vinaydhar4956]

Don't worry brother's in Afghanistan these things happening all over the world

[@brenthood2337]

Turns out the Taliban sucks.

[@childrenslivesmatter3073]

They had the ability to fight the Taliban with weapons the US left there. Should've done it.

[@hydraxp007]

Their govt was fully corrupted so people had no idea without good leader

[@btccoins5514]

Afghan people should BLAME FORMER Afghan gov't doing nothing past 20 years. What were they doing all these time?

[@bholmes5490]

Yes, but Governments need the support of the people.

[@7_years_and_]

Who cares . its their choice. they made their future already with Taliban . better help countries that wants to get better and has prospect to develop . Afganistan received too many help already in last 20 years . its gone beyond the helping point.

[@isay207]

This is taliban if the people accept this rule nothing will change their choice

[@tomduke1297]

all this suffering, just because they didnt stand up to a few thousand taliban. i seriously hope others learn from this and that the afgahn people will know peace and freedom again soon. what a collosal and completely preventable tragedy....

[@phoenixrising8640]

Majority of Afghans wanted Taliban to regain power again and the foreign invaders and their puppets gone. August 15th 2021 was one of the best days ever, August 31st when the last US invaders removed his filthy feet off Afghan soil was phenomenal

[@tomduke1297]

@@phoenixrising8640 i find it hard to believe that people would choose brutal archaic tyranny and bronzeage style clanwars after experiencing the freedom, education, wealth and safety of a modern society. but nothing is impossible.

[@phoenixrising8640]

@@tomduke1297 yet they do. Ground reality is different to what you are fed by your government, military, Afghan dispora and a few Westernized Afghan city elites. Afghans want to live by their own religion, values and culture. The US needs to drop it's petty, evil sanctions and return all Afghan assets. The US & NATO countries need to pay reparation for all the destruction and death they caused and stop interfering in Afghan affairs. The US should also acknowledge and take responsibility for the heath sector and education system mess which was there in their 20 yr occupation under their puppet govt. Now they want to act as if the schooling system isn't a mess over the past 20yrs, a mess which was inherited by the new Afghan government whom they are blaming for it...ghost teachers, ghost schools, the stealing of funding for education by activists and ex-govt officials. The new Afghan government are doing well under all the challenges they face...they are honest and hardworking despite their hands being tied by sanctions, a completely looted, war torn, aid dependent country and constant foreign interference. The US & NATO countries must remember that mutually respectful trade and diplomatic ties are the only thing on the table for them and rightly so Afghanistan is not a Western colony or US state. Afghanistan is now ruled by true Afghans, not the US after a 20yr struggle.

[@tomduke1297]

@@phoenixrising8640 thats all well and good. but people dont want to trade with people that have no regard for human rights or individual freedoms. so its pretty much one or the other. life according to your ancient ways in your little isolated corner of the world or join the international community of the rest of the planet. it realy makes no difference to the rest of the world. you are now free to choose your own path.

[@alemtemjen9748]

How do the world expect a terrorist group will rule over a country and if I had the powers in my hand, I would never help terrorists not even a single penny for a terrorist group.

[@deborahfrancois714]

I'm here in the Caribbean eating my ground provisions while people around the world starve ,I Thank you Jesus for your mercies, you said that you will never leave your children. Please provide for all of your children in Afghanistan and around the world

[@michaelnoronha1383]

This is what happens when terrorists rule the country and also dictators rule

[@loulouwillis5648]

Prices have doubled or tripled here in America as well. Families have to live together in order to make ends meet. War has an effect on the whole world, especially on the poorest countries.

[@macmcleod1188]

Nah. I track everything. We are looking at about 20 to 25% for prepared foods (soup, tv dinners), fresh and frozen vegetables, oil, rice, etc. Prices have not doubled or tripled. It sucks for people like me on a (mostly) fixed income- but the entry level wages have gone from about $8 to about $12 and as high as $15. The only thing up 75% is gasoline and that only takes about $40 a week for most people... and it's dropping again now.

[@dexterwestin3747]

It hasn't been nearly as bad in the US compared to other places with 40% or greater inflation like Afghanistan, Argentina, Turkey etc. but if you are in the market for a house or looking for an automobile, it is very painful and quite shocking to see the prices.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@dexterwestin3747 the situation in Afghanistan seems critical. The figures they reported for basic rice and beans type stuff were staggering. I think many are beginning to starve there.

[@mth469]

its not war its money printing by central banks which are destroying the living standards of the middle class and turning them into the working poor.

[@noirekuroraigami2270]

Maybe give them their treasury back. Instead of stealing it and using it illegally 😐

[@فهميكتاني]

Countries operate like thieves and thugs they'd always take away what they can unrightfully. that is the situation of nations working without religion or morals. There's plenty of painful things coming for people in usa though that's for sure. World is changing and systems are collapsing.

[@riasomers642]

Perhaps the Afghan army should have fought for their country & sovereignty more. Instead, they have a theocracy that has choked the people.

[@onionwarrior7447]

Perhaps the US and other "friendly" superpowers should have minded their own business instead of razing other countries and using their lands as literal testing grounds for weapons and bombs. 🤷‍♀️

[@فهميكتاني]

Poverty is cause of bad infrastructure and stolen money by usa. The terrorists in usa stole afghan money.

[@Techno1645]

@@onionwarrior7447 nah it’s not because of US. It’s the people who fail to move forward. If US is the one to blame, Asia pacific, Europe, would have ended up like afghan during WW2. How come those country manage to pick up and are striving in this modern world? Most of Islamic country are in misery and they have this very same pattern all around the world. Look it up. Don’t be ignorant, be open and see what is presented to you right in-front of your eyes.

[@levitator45]

How bad does the economy have to be until they let women work and study

[@NotSureNotSureNotSure]

That is the effect of having a terrorist organization (e.g., Taliban) running any territory.

[@SamiKotiranta]

Religion and governing just don't come together...

[@LionMentality1982]

Afghan People and Military should have fought like the Ukrainians are doing against Russia. Instead they put down their arms and allowed the Taliban to rule. It's a sad situation, but one that could have been avoided.

[@gianlucasamaritani8362]

They actually never put down their weapons against the real invader, the USA. The talibans were widely accepted before the war, as they are now.

[@Cristcosta01]

@@gianlucasamaritani8362 yeah afghans are much better now with the talibans 🤣🤣

[@gianlucasamaritani8362]

@@Cristcosta01 The USA has brought a 20 years long war to their home, killing some hundred thousand in the process. Now Afghans rule Afghanistan, as it should be. The nonexistent resistance against the Talibans should also make you think that people didn't care for the American puppet state, as much as they did for a real government of their own, with everything that came with it.

[@GODHATESADOPTION]

@@gianlucasamaritani8362 opium pipes are not weapons... they never picked up a gun

[@gianlucasamaritani8362]

@@GODHATESADOPTION Go tell that to the 200k people killed in the last 20 years

[@Therock151214]

This is sad. All humans are brothers and sisters.

[@sunstar2599]

"Western union" has blocked my account without explanation. I cant sent money anymore to needy families from Europe to afganistan. My friend had been blocked too for sending gifts to poor families. He got crossed examed by western union. Moneygram is also cross examining him.

[@leo30143]

Yeah no, I do not feel sad for them. They keep pumping more and more childrens without a single reliable way to feed them. No wonder they have problems later

[@abdullahalamrikani678]

The same nations that placed these sanctions have the audacity to blame the Taliban for this mess. It's also worth noting that those nations placed these sanctions in order to protect Afghan women and children, however, these sanctions are harming everyone in Afghanistan, including women and children. These sanctions are harming the people that they're supposed to protect. They should be removed.

[@happyman7412]

I think pakistan will remain in greylist so enjoy.

[@trustcoffee1211]

Taliban government treat women lower than livestock. Yea bro, let's not sanction them and just give them more billion of dollars to their cause.

[@abdullahalamrikani678]

@@trustcoffee1211 By placing sanctions on Afghanistan, we end up harming Afghan women. So, are we trying to help the women of Afghanistan, or trying to push them to near starvation?

[@ipadair7345]

@@abdullahalamrikani678 In most mordern cases by the west, such as this one, Russian one, & the DPRK one the sanctions are put to punish the countries, or make it so that people don't trade with countries who are an enemy of, and are not needed economically by the country. Generating unrest, and rebel elements is one of the, if not the core reason for putting sanctions. As children, women, & men starve to death they a lot over time would turn against the Taliban, in a sheer act of desperation. As the people are dying, they realise how incompetent the Taliban is, and how detrimental their rule is to their life. Unless the Taliban makes Afghanistan self-sufficient by putting an emphasis on Agriculture over warfare, and everything else. They would slowly descend into a civil war. People cannot be always put down by fear-mongering, & intimidation. One day they make a gamble for reasons aforementioned. Well they actually won't due to China's, and Pakistan's partnership with the Taliban making the sanctions effectively ineffective. But it's still better to keep them up.

[@abdullahalamrikani678]

@@ipadair7345 I understand the logic, but I fully disagree with it, as I believe that sanctions should be considered a war crime. (We're literally targeting civilians in hopes of sending their people into chaos. Meaning that sanctions are placed with intention of sending non-combatants into death and destruction. Pretty sure that fits the definition of a war crime.)

[@stamfordmeetup]

Tell the taliban to spend money on food for the population instead of spending it on weapons for terrorism.

[@barryretmanski4763]

Give them aid??? What for??? Billions has gone into that area over the years and for what? For them to be back to square one? Let the Taliban deal with it! They can ask God or something...

[@raad2072]

Insha allah, things will be better.

[@camarjohnson2867]

Beautiful

[@TheMRJGREATJ]

Grow food

[@jerolvilladolid]

You can either establish a religious theocracy or have democratic prosperity. A prosperous theocracy is a contradiction. You can only choose one path

[@TheSudhanshu1982]

These guys have killed innocents on past just because of their religion. When karma strikes it strikes hard.

[@MrBASShunt3r]

Such a shame that the Afghanistan people chose to give to country to the Taliban. If it were my country, my friends and I would have fought to the death to defend ourselves.

[@giordanogiostra1110]

Yes, poverty started all of a sudden some months ago. It doesn't have anything to do with the 20-year American occupation or the sanctions (from USA & friends) still hurting their economy.

[@tankvinl9805]

@@giordanogiostra1110 Yes just blame it on the americans who is fighting a terrorist grupp, But no america is the bad guy here

[@giordanogiostra1110]

@@tankvinl9805 Both the talibans AND the extreme poverty we're seeing today were caused by the american occupation. I don't care what made up excuse they used to invade a foreign country, that's another story, my point still stands. You just didn't get the point at all.

[@tankvinl9805]

@@giordanogiostra1110 Are you retar,ded or just acting? Maby its time to learn some histroy buddy

[@tankvinl9805]

@@carbonmonoxide5833 i really wonder why america would freeze the money, Maby they dont want to fund a terrorist goverment, Nah that cant be it, USA=BAD its becouse america i evil and just want the people to suffer

[@doughogan1607]

Nghe Phúc hát mà nước mắt rơi mãi ....quá nhiều cảm xúc ùa về, quá nhiều kỉ niệm. Cảm ơn Đức Phúc thật nhiều, giọng hát anh ấm tựa nắng mùa Thu vậy.

[@747Cone]

3:20 The assets of the Afghan Central Bank have been frozen. Just frozen by nature mind you. It couldn’t be helped. There wasn’t any agency behind it at all. No one (like the US) froze the assets; like the report said they were just frozen (passive tense).

[@andriabell6044]

I don't feel sorry for Afghanistan men because of the way they treat their women like dogs when without them they wouldn't be here in the first place!

[@abdullahalamrikani678]

The economic crisis is affecting everyone in Afghanistan, even the women. These sanctions are harming the people they're supposed to protect.

[@zoso73]

what a shock!

[@shubashuba9209]

Perhaps we can trade humanitarian aid for the billions of dollars of weapons and equipment that we left behind.

[@dubsar]

I am looking forward to watching a similar report on the Russian economy soon.

[@thinking102]

These humans are selling their organs!!!??? For food.

[@Opah4793]

Ameeen

[@mbbs430]

Impossible

[@dubsar]

@@mbbs430 Why? Every country that loses a war experiences high rates of poverty.

[@Aloksheoran]

If they couldn't fight for their country Let them suffer