and for viewers in the uk, you can watchjohn simpson's full report, afghanistan: a country at breaking point, on the bbc iplayer. john simpson is on the line. thank you very much for making time to speak to us. in terms of the situation he witnessed it afghanistan, do what degree could it be addressed in the short term by the west simply changing its approach to how much assistance it would offer? i approach to how much assistance it would offer?— would offer? i think if that happened _ would offer? i think if that happened it _ would offer? i think if that happened it would - would offer? i think if that happened it would make i would offer? i think if that happened it would make aj would offer? i think if that - happened it would make a great difference. the real problem is the collapse of the economy. the fact that the bank of afghanistan, the national bank, simply does not operate, cannot operate. people do not have the money to go into the shops and buy food. so if that money, that $10 billion, were unfrozen, then the start of a normal