Taliban Looks to Private Sector to Save Afghanistan’s Economy From Collapse - Bangkok Post
With its economy in free fall, the Taliban is banking on private enterprise to rescue Afghanistan’s people and solidify its regime. That will be tough for a country under international sanctions, with its banks paralyzed, poverty reaching near-universal levels and little confidence among the population in what the future holds. When the Taliban seized power in August, the international aid that made up about 40% of its GDP evaporated. Taliban officials have now cast that as an opportunity...