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'95% do not have enough to eat'
One year after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, life has become harder for the Afghans. Aid cuts and sanctions ravage the economy, unemployment is rising, and women are being shut from society. But there are those who welcome its return to power and fight against corruption
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Ali M. Latifi In Kabul For The Straits TImes
'Life may have become harder in Afghanistan in the one year under the Taliban as poverty worsens, but for some, its return to power is welcome.
Ms Sosan Rahmati, for one, is glad the endemic corruption of the previous government is being dealt with by the Taliban.
