Afghan people protest poverty

Holding posters with the words “Let us eat” and “Give us our frozen money”, the protesters chanted slogans and marched along the central avenue.

International funding for Afghanistan has been suspended following the takeover of the country by the radical Taliban. Lack of funding has shaken the already devastated economy, leading to extreme poverty.

Employees of public institutions have not been paid for several months. However, the West is not in a hurry to respond, stressing that the money must go to Afghan society and not to the Taliban.

CONTEXT:

US and international coalition forces in late August completed a mission that lasted almost 20 years In Afghanistan. The American retreat was exploited by the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist group that took control of increasingly new areas of Afghanistan and in mid-August without a fight. also occupied the national capital Kabul. As a result, the whole of Afghanistan is back under Taliban control.

Although the Taliban promised that will not try to take revenge on opponents of the regime, the international community is concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan and new restrictionsimposed on different groups in society, especially women.

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