Latest IG Report Paints Grim Picture of Afghanistan’s Economy

Latest IG Report Paints Grim Picture of Afghanistan’s Economy
A truck arrives from Uzbekistan at the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge in Hairatan, Afghanistan on Oct. 27, 2021. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
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With international aid to Afghanistan largely cut off, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report painting a dire picture of the country’s economic prospects since the Taliban took over.

SIGAR’s Oct. 30 quarterly report—the first since the collapse of the U.S.-supported government in Afghanistan—provides a broad overview of Afghanistan’s economic situation, as well as the agency’s activity over the past three months.