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International Business Times
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Pascale TROUILLAUD, Qubad WALI and Abdullah HASRAT

Three Years After Taliban Return, Economic Woes Loom Large

Afghan female workers sort and process dry Saffron at a facility in Herat (Credit: AFP)

Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis.

A third of Afghanistan's roughly 40 million people live on bread and tea, according to the United Nations, there is massive unemployment, and the World Bank warns of zero growth over the next three years.

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