The Taliban won the war in Afghanistan and an economic crisis may be their prize
Taliban fighters guard money-changers outside the main currency exchange market in Kabul. The Taliban has long tapped informal lenders and opium to fund Afghanistan’s insurgency. Image: Victor J. Blue/The New York Times
As Afghans pay surging prices for eggs and flour and stand in long lines at the bank, money changers like Enayatullah and his underground financial lifeline have found themselves in desperate demand.
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