TV anchor sells food on street in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Afghanistan has faced a lot of economic and political turmoil since the Taliban took control of the country. A recent Twitter post by Kabir Haqmal, who earlier worked with the Hamid Karzai government, shows how many talented professionals in the nation have been pushed into poverty.

Kabir Haqmal’s Tweet which got viral

Mr. Kabir Haqmal posted a picture compilation (one during news anchoring and the other in which he was selling the food on the streets) of the journalist Musa Mohammadi. He captioned the tweet saying, Mr. Mohammadi has been in the media sector for so long, worked as a reporter and anchor for various channels, yet, he had to go through a challenging situation selling the food on the streets to make ends meet amid the economic crisis in Afghanistan. He quoted that #Afghans have suffered immense poverty after the Republic fell.

What has changed after Taiban captured Afghanistan?

• Afghanistan has been experiencing its downfall since the Taliban’s capture
• There has been a rising economic, political, and humanitarian crisis.
• Various media outlets have been brought down and shut
• They eliminated the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Instead, They created an institution to decide certain behaviors of the citizens, like how the women should dress or by whom and when shall they be accompanied in order to go out of their homes.
• Taliban’s Ministry of Rural development ordered women not to return to work until a mechanism for their work style was officially announced.

What is the current economic status of Afghanistan?
The World Bank, in its report, stated that the economic condition of Afghanistan worsened as per capita income dropped by one-third in the last 4 months of 2021. As per Reuters, Tobias Haque, World Bank Senior Country Economist for Afghanistan, said that Afghanistan was one of the poorest nations, but now it has become even more flawed.