UN Seeks Record $4.4B for Afghans Struggling Under Economic Collapse

MAR 31 2022·UPDATED DEC 26 2022

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Image copyright: Hector Retamal/AFP [via Al Jazeera]

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Instead of making Afghans beg for $4.4B in aid, the US should return the $9B they brazenly stole frrom its central bank. The US is starving the Afghan people to squeeze the Taliban for concessions. The brutal sanctions on Afghanistan are just another extension of the US empire's lust for global dominance and control.

Al Jazeera

Pro-establishment narrative

Though it may seem like removing sanctions would solve Afghanistan's current humanitarian crisis, it simply wouldn't. The US continues to be thoughtful with how it administers sanctions, and most of Afghanistan's issues stem from the Taliban's inability to to run an economy.

VOA