Afghans still counting costs of US intervention Taliban is working to develop the war-torn country amid sanctions in the wake of Washington's 20-year military campaign By XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | CHINA DAILY/XINHUA | Updated: 2024-08-31 06:58

Afghans still counting costs of US intervention Taliban is working to develop the war-torn country amid sanctions in the wake of Washington's 20-year military campaign By XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | CHINA DAILY/XINHUA | Updated: 2024-08-31 06:58 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202408/31/WS66d24ea8a3108f29c1fc95c2_2.html "Afghanistan is entrenched in a humanitarian crisis … (due to) the dire consequences of the two-decade-long American occupation that ended in 2021", said Khalid Taimur Akram, executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, Islamabad.