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With millions of Afghans at risk of famine following the Taliban’s takeover, sanctions are complicating efforts to send aid and revive the economy

With millions of Afghans at risk of famine following the Taliban’s takeover, sanctions are complicating efforts to send aid and revive the economy

Afghan farmer Abdul Qaher cannot remember a worse drought. Unable to feed his four children after losing his harvest, he took the drastic decision to sell his possessions and move to the western city of Herat to look for work. Days later, on Aug. 15, the Taliban seized power, triggering an economic meltdown that has tipped millions into poverty and made Afghanistan one of the

Hunger and destitution seem "poised to kill more Afghans than all the bombs and bullets of the past two decades", the International Crisis Group think-tank said, calling donors' suspension of all but emergency aid "the biggest culprit".

Finding a way to avert catastrophe is complicated by a slew of sanctions on the Taliban, but some say such restrictions are "self-defeating" as it increases the need for aid by the day.