Neon Nettle: The Taliban’s designated “prime minister,” Mohammad Hassan Akhund, addressed the nation on Sunday, claiming that widespread poverty and famine are “a great test from Allah.”
Akhund claimed the Taliban is not responsible for the widespread poverty in Afghanistan, even though they have fought a two-decade-long war in an effort to return to power.
The Taliban found victory after Joe Biden abruptly withdrew American forces from the country.
Earlier this year, almost every major global financial institution froze Afghanistan’s government assets in response to them seizing the country.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid published the full text of the address via his Twitter account. more here
Truly the land of perpetual war.
People used to eat their leather shoes during a famine but I’m not sure there’s much leather in Tolly Bon’s world.
I will bet my last dollar he is eating well
Wow, they destroyed Afghanistan even faster than Xho Bai’den is destroying America!
Government banks? Stealing people’s deposits? In 20 years, whoever could have predicted that!?