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so let's now get down to business, and as you've been hearing, in the us, a report has just been released that looks at the deadly pull—out of afghanistan in august 2021 that ended america's longest war. the taliban swiftly took over control of the country. since then, the economic decline has been dramatic as most foreign aid was withdrawn. so, what is it like doing business there? rumi spice partners with farmers in western afghanistan to export saffron, the world's most valuable spice. their labourers, managers, office staff and operations managers are all afghan women. the comp...

The company was set up by us military veterans who served in afghanistan. let's talk to its chief executive, keith alaniz, a us army veteran and co—founder. good to talk to you. last time we spoke to you, as a company, i was talking to your colleague, patty doyle, shortly after august of 2021 to just find out what you as a company hoping for, anticipating with taliban rule in place. how has it been going?— it been going? obviously the afu han it been going? obviously the afghan government - it been going? obviously the afghan government in - it been going? obviously the afghan government i...

International aid. when that went away, the economy totally crashed. 0ur workers are in a much more dire situation than they would be. we are proud to offer a living wage to our workers so they thousand people that work in our factories and as managers year over year, they are able to provide for theirfamilies, in these their families, in these economic theirfamilies, in these economic times for afghanistan, sometimes that is not enough. in the last year we have done some private fundraising to help other families we work with to make sure especially directly after the fall of the taliban, , d...

Some veterans have started businesses that draw from their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, and thrived.

Some American veterans who invested in Afghanistan have closed up shop following the Taliban’s ascent to power, while others say business, in some ways, is now easier.