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Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j6j3oh8 wrote

I'm sure the Taliban will fix it./s

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Responsible_Pizza945 t1_j6jsfbm wrote

I remember hearing speculation not long after they took over again that they would deliberately create humanitarian crises in order to get international aid packages. This was right around the moment they found out they wouldn't have access to the previous governments finances and they were getting black listed for aid from every western nation.

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TryEfficient7710 t1_j6k59p1 wrote

> I remember hearing speculation not long after they took over again that they would deliberately create humanitarian crises in order to get international aid packages.

What makes them think they can rely on international aid?

When 50% of aid workers are barred from helping.

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Responsible_Pizza945 t1_j6k5k7m wrote

I think it was how they got by pre US invasion. Maybe they just assumed things would go back to that or something.

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HelperNoHelper t1_j6kop8q wrote

The problem is Afghanistan’s population has about doubled in the last 20 years.

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Seeking-Something-3 t1_j6ll31r wrote

The 3.5 billion of Afghan money seized by Biden sure would help

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Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j6n6ta6 wrote

Tell you what; we'll have Biden return that money when Afghanistan returns the TRILLIONS of dollars that have poured into their coffers over the last 20 years. Fuckwit.

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Seeking-Something-3 t1_j6nugaq wrote

Oh right, those evil starving children. How dare they make Murica mad. Forgive me, genius. Oh, and those trillions mostly went to American corporations. Jackass.

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Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j6nztro wrote

Too bad the mothers of those starving kids can't work, or go to school, or do anything to better their situation.

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etfd- t1_j6ir2y6 wrote

And its population was only 10 million in 1990. 20 million in 2000.

This foreign aid extended in the first place is why you even have the problem, because it causes the population to balloon and hence become dependent on it, rather than become self-sufficient. It is simply an irresponsible policy. Hence why at the peak of it, the level that you ballooned it to, a collapse ensues, more dramatically than would have otherwise.

We can clearly see that what was done whatever amount of years ago didn't work, because you need to keep doing it even more. It was simply deferred and built up to even greater a magnitude.

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spinereader81 t1_j6k94s5 wrote

National food shortage, yet girls getting an education is what the Taliban worries about.

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autotldr t1_j6ivove wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)

> Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs - with half the country enduring severe hunger year-round - a spokesman for the U.N.'s World Food Program said.

> "Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout the year, regardless of the season, and malnutrition rates are at a record high for Afghanistan," said Phillipe Kropf, a spokesman for the United Nations food agency in Kabul.

> "Mothers are saying that they don't have wood or any other way to keep their children warm at home. They don't have enough food to feed them," she said.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Food^#1 Afghanistan^#2 children^#3 ban^#4 women^#5

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Lord-of-the-junk t1_j6jq2w2 wrote

Thought this was in Texas for a second

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Tronmech t1_j6k0ycd wrote

It's what Texas aspires to... As well as a lot of "red" state.

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