Under the Taliban, Afghanistan’s Economic Outlook Goes From Bad to Worse

The Taliban will struggle to provide core government services, maintain infrastructure and generate public investment to support growth in Afghanistan’s largely aid-dependent economy, which will create room for internal dissent and unrest by leaving subsistence agriculture and illegal activities as the main sources of revenue in the war-torn country. The Taliban takeover will exacerbate Afghanistan’s pre-existing economic challenges, while the combined effects of COVID-19 and a severe drought will create new ones. ...