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cash withdrawals. second hand markets have sprung up across the country. the war might have come to an end, but this is where you see the utter desperation that so many afghans are living in right now. most of this market didn t even exist a month ago now it s full of people trying to sell whatever household possessions they can just to put food on the table for theirfamilies. the transition of power in afghanistan was much less bloody than many had feared.
banks have restricted cash withdrawals. second hand markets have sprung up across the country. the war might have come to an end, but this is where you see the utter desperation that so many afghans are living in right now. most of this market didn t even exist a month ago now it s full of people trying to sell whatever household possessions they can just to put food on the table for theirfamilies. most public sector employees weren t even paid their salaries in the last months of the previous government. now, they have no idea when or if they will be paid again. you were still working, but he didn t get a salary? this teacher has already sold whatever she can.
elsewhere, the political transition is far less smooth. foreign reserves are frozen as the international community weighs up how to support afghans, but not the taliban. banks have restricted cash withdrawals. second hand markets have sprung up across the country. the war might have come to an end, but this is where you see the utter desperation that so many afghans are living in right now. most of this market didn t even exist a month ago. now it s full of people trying to sell whatever household possessions they can just to put food on the table for theirfamilies.
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