{"id":118881,"date":"2021-10-24T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=118881"},"modified":"2021-10-24T07:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T11:32:25","slug":"and-nobody-saw-it-coming-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=118881","title":{"rendered":"…And Nobody Saw It Coming? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This may cheer up some of you: Afghanistan\u2019s economy depended heavily on the cash the US sank into it. Once we left, the money was cut off, and guess what? The Afghan economy is not just teetering, it is crashing into oblivion.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/afghanistan-heading-towards-collapse-faster-than-expected-swedish-minister-warns\/ar-AAPRvc5?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnbfcL<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article:\u00a0 DUBAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Afghanistan is heading towards economic collapse that risks spiralling the country into a new political crisis, Sweden’s minister for international development cooperation warned on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan has been plunged into crisis following the collapse of the Western-backed government and Taliban take over in August, which was met with an abrupt end of billions of dollars in assistance to its aid-dependent economy.<\/p>\n

“My concern is that the country is on the brink of collapse and that collapse is coming faster than we thought,” Per Olsson Fridh told Reuters in Dubai, warning that economic freefall could provide an environment for terror groups to thrive.<\/p>\n

The 27-country European Union, which includes Sweden, has increased humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the Taliban swept back to power but has halted its development assistance, a measure taken by many other countries and the World Bank. \u2013 article<\/p>\n

The rest of the article is explicit: Sweden will not give a red cent to the Taliban, and negotiations for aid will be taking place in Qatar, per the article.<\/p>\n

Did anyone else wonder how quickly the whole thing would begin to collapse in on itself? Anyone? Bueller?<\/p>\n

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