open some kind of mission here in kabul, but that doesn t mean recognition of the taliban or legitimising the taliban, that they can still address the humanitarian crisis without actually recognising this particular regime. because the international community has certain conditions that they want matt, and that includes an inclusive government which we haven t seen from the taliban yet. it is a regime thatis from the taliban yet. it is a regime that is made up of mostly men, mostly people who fought for the taliban in the last 20 years. women s rights have been ignored, the rights of young girls, teenage girls who have wanted to go back to school across this country, millions of girls of we ve been reporting have been denied education and many of the provinces. the international community isn t willing to work with the taliban in terms of recognition until these are met. but in terms of delivery of aid and dealing with his current humanitarian crisis, frankly it is a race against tim
she can barely open her eyes. this child is nearly one. it s notjust patients suffering health care staff haven t been paid for months. every single person i m speaking to has the same story they can t pay for their ticket to come here, they can t pay for theirfood here. and she was just saying that someday they may have to admit her here as a malnutrition patient herself, because she doesn t know where she ll get her meal from. her next mealfrom. even before the taliban came to power, there is a humanitarian crisis in this country. drought, aid cuts, and the economic collapse have turned prices into catastrophe. and yalda joins us now from kabul.
as they still like to call it - the achievements . of the last 20 years. we never wanted the situation. all we did was fight - for our freedom, to gain our independence from an occupation. my colleague, yalda hakim, is in kabul and has been reporting from there all day. we ll be speaking to her in a moment. but first, her report on what life is like under the taliban. at the food distribution centre in southeast kabul, the hungry wait. this is a nation on the brink of starvation. and for aid agencies, it s a race against time. emotions begin to run high. this woman has arrived with her disabled son, pleading for help. the world food programme says they are doing everything they can but it s not enough.