Deborah Lyons, the head of the United Nations (UN) Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, announced that the continued deterioration of the economic situation in Afghanistan will enhance the flow of drugs and weapons, as well as contribute to the spread of terrorism to the neighboring countries.
"The current situation threatens to increase the risk of extremism," Lyons said during the UN Security Council session.
"The continued deterioration of the economy will strengthen the informal economy, including the flow of drugs, trafficking in arms and people."
On August 15, the Taliban (an Afghani Islamist militant movement) took control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and most of the country, and formed a new interim government, after former President Ashraf Ghani and a number of officials fled the country.
The United States of America (USA) ended its military presence in Afghanistan on August 31, after a 20-year war.
However, on October 23, a Swedish minister warned that Afghanistan is heading towards collapse at a faster rate than expected.
“Reuters”, a news agency quoted the Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Peter Erikson, as saying that Afghanistan is heading towards an economic collapse that threatens to plunge the country into a new political and humanitarian crisis.
It is noteworthy that the “Taliban” entered the Afghan capital on August 15, and quickly took control of Kabul, which was a center for Western forces and most of their collaborators.
US forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 31, ending America’s longest war 20 years after invading Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime in 2001.
The “Taliban” announced the formation of an interim caretaker government in Afghanistan headed by Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, and the country was declared an “Islamic emirate”.
On the other hand, US President Joe Biden agreed to allocate $976.1 million to help Afghan refugees who recently fled their country and were transferred to the territory of the United States.
This came in a document that Biden sent yesterday, Friday, to his Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken.
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