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Can the Taliban handle Afghanistan's finances?

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Steven Beardsley
August 18, 2021

Now that the Taliban are about to run a whole country, experts are wondering what their sources of income will be and how they will use them. German expert Hans-Jakob Schindler risks a look ahead.

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