If there is one place where the economic disaster caused by the rise of the Taliban to power is palpable, it is the flea market that sprung up next to the Chianti bridge, in the Kabul district of Chaman-e Hozori. There are dozens of kitchen utensils, irons, old televisions and especially carpets. Not to mention large cushions, yet essential in every Afghan home, the custom being to sit on the floor. Many families are resorting to the sale of their property, a manifestation of the appalling humanitarian crisis that is shaking Afghanistan.
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Seated on an imposing red and blue carpet, Ahmad Khalid awaits a possible buyer. "I am selling the carpet and the cushions: since the fall of the former government, my salary has not been paid and, at home, we have nothing to put in our mouths", he asserts. looking down. His family is not among the thousands of people who escaped...
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