Afghanistan Heading Towards Collapse Faster Than Expected, Swedish Minister Warns

Afghanistan Heading Towards Collapse Faster Than Expected, Swedish Minister Warns
Farzana, 30, holds her one-year-old baby, Omar, at the malnutrition ward for infants of Indira Gandhi Children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Oct. 23, 2021. Jorge Silva/Reuters
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DUBAI—Afghanistan will shortly collapse into chaos unless the international community acts rapidly, Swedish and Pakistani ministers warned on Saturday.

Afghanistan plunged into crisis after the hardline Islamist Taliban movement drove out the Western-backed government in August triggering the abrupt end of billions of dollars in assistance to its aid-dependent economy.