Out of Sight, Afghans Are Going Hungry

"The situation is getting worse every day," Ahmad, a former journalist in Herat, Afghanistan, told me. "I don't think anyone can afford to buy enough food anymore."

Afghanistan has been in the throes of an economic crisis for more than two years, after donors cut foreign funding in response to the Taliban takeover in 2021 and suspended Afghanistan's Central Bank from the international system. The Taliban's violat