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This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you insights into why the Taliban reneged on its promise to reopen girls’ schools, the desperate struggle of more than two million Afghan widows amid a mounting hunger crisis, and why poverty is forcing more Afghan children into work.
For months, the Taliban promised to reopen girls' high schools in Afghanistan. But in a last-minute decision, the militant group reneged on its promise. Experts attribute the move to internal divisions within the Taliban.
The rapidly growing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is quickly diverting international attention from Afghanistan, where aid workers warn of a looming catastrophe. More than 23 million Afghans face hunger as the country of 39 million slides into universal poverty under Taliban rule.
Afghans have accused the Taliban of misappropriating the foreign aid that is trickling into the country. The allegations come amid a devastating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse in Afghanistan.