The Taliban's Contradictory Economic Approaches

Farzad Sharif The Taliban’s economic policy has entered another ambiguous phase. At the same time as thousands of positions were cut and government organizations were downsized, salaries for government positions were reduced, and salaries of employees were delayed, the Taliban government gave 4,000 square meters of Afghan marble to Uzbekistan as a “gift.” These stones, extracted from a mine in the Chesht district of Herat, were sent to Uzbekista…