Locals react to US sanctions following poverty in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Afghan locals react to US sanctions one year after the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 24, 2022. Residents in Kabul voiced their anger over US sanctions and their impact on the people. Shamriz Sabawoon/Afghan Multimedia Agency

Afghan resident stated; that it is not the Taliban’s money that America has frozen that is Afghans assists, it should release the money. America was defeated here in Afghanistan, and now America is trying to re-bright its name among the world again, which means it is making pretends.

If our rights are with America, they should pay us, if it is with Russia they should pay, if it is with the UK, they should pay, no one should not claim our rights, and if any squanders our rights, they will leave too. It has destroyed Afghans’ homes, made children suffer famine, and made Afghan children naked, who can tell us that he can prepare just clothes for his children, explained an Afghan old man.

A vendor said; we are happy with Islamic Emirate, it is secured overall, but the big challenge we suffer is the economic hardship.