A year into Taliban rule: Mass hunger plagues Afghanistan | DW News

It has been a year since the Taliban regained control of Kabul. As the last American and NATO forces left the country 12 months ago, thousands tried to get out of the capital as the Taliban closed in. Some made it to the airport, trying to board any plane that would take them. The Taliban takeover came after months of rapid territorial gains, that caught the Afghan government and its Western allies by surprise. Since then, they’ve presided over an economy in free-fall. This has fueled one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, as DW’s Zandra Petersmann found out. Subscribe: For more news go to: Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: ►Twitter: ►Instagram: Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: #Afghanis