The Taliban capture of Afghanistan has pushed many citizens into acute poverty and unemployment. The ongoing tussle coupled with an economic crisis has forced many afghans to take to the streets to sell their valuables in exchange for some cash to make ends meet.
According to a report in Tolo News, the Afghans who were earlier employed in the government or private sector were rendered jobless overnight and were left with no choice but to sell their belongings at cheap rates only to bring food to the table.
Talking to Tolo News, Laal Gul, a shopkeeper in Kabul expressed her agony while selling her refrigerator at half its original price. “I sold my items for less than half their value. I bought a refrigerator for 25,000 afghanis and sold it for 5,000. What am I to do? My children need food at night.”
From refrigerators, television sets, sofas, cupboards to every other household furniture, Kabul streets were seen lined up with homecare appliances. In a desperate need to survive,…