1.1 million Afghan children under 5 could face severe malnutrition this year, U.N. says
PBS NewsHourJUL 2022
Drought, while a contributing factor to Afghanistan's crisis, is not the driving force; sanctions are. Western nations' decisions to cut the Taliban off from international finance and development aid have enveloped the country in a crisis that's accelerating at an unprecedented pace. While Western countries have withdrawn their military presence, the war continues on a new battlefront.
The Taliban's return to power and the humanitarian crisis that followed have confronted the West with a hopeless dilemma: How can they provide international assistance to a country that desperately needs it while ensuring the aid money doesn't enrich Taliban's corrupt leaders? The answer: they can't.