According to a report by CCTV Finance on August 25, since the Taliban in Afghanistan occupied the capitalKabulSince then, local prices and unemployment have continued to rise, and people’s lives have become increasingly difficult.Right now, in the still chaoticKabulAirport, Food and drinkingWaterThe price is staggering.On the 24th local time, there was still a continuous influx of Afghan peopleKabulAirportNearby, looking for opportunities to escape from Afghanistan.However, the escape route is not easy. CurrentlyKabulAirportPrices within the country have soared rapidly,oneBottledrinkWaterEvenSellTo 40 USYuan, About heRenminbi260Yuan.
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In an interview with reporters, an Afghan citizen said: At Kabul Airport, a bottle of water sold for 40 US dollars (about 260 yuan), and a meal cost 100 US dollars (about 647 yuan). And we only accept US dollars, not Afghanis, and we ordinary people simply cannot afford it.
It is reported that not only at the airport, but the rising prices have also severely affected the lives of residents in the urban area of Kabul. Since the Taliban entered Kabul on the 15th, the exchange rate of the Afghan currency Afghani against the US dollar has fallen sharply, and the rapid depreciation of the Afghani has caused local prices to soar.
A staff member of a warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan said: Due to the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar, traders are shipping fewer and fewer goods here. Earlier, the warehouse was full of flour, but now the dollar exchange rate has soared, and there is not much flour in the warehouse.
In addition to soaring prices, the unemployment problem in Kabul has become more and more serious. Many local young people have to flee their homes to find a way out. Over the past week, many residents of Kabul have tried to resume their normal lives, but it is not easy.
It is reported that with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a large number of Afghan people flooded into Kabul Airport and caused chaos. According to a report by Overseas Network on August 17, the Associated Press released a video of Kabul Airport on the 16th, showing that when a U.S. military plane was about to take off, Many Afghans ran and chased, and some even climbed planes from outside. Afghan Immigration TV reported on the 16th that the chaos at Kabul Airport lasted from the evening of the 15th to the 16th, causing at least 10 deaths. Among them were people who fell from a U.S. military plane that took off.
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