KABUL: As a nurse at one of Kabul’s main hospital, Latifa Alizada is a breadwinner for his family, providing it for three boys and husbands who are unemployed.
Now – because the Taliban rolled into the Afghan capital – he was also unemployed, and worried about the future.
The 27-year-old left his role at Jamhuriat Hospital because the Islamic group Hardline said the salary would not be paid, and impose a rule that would force him to wear a face veil and separated from male colleagues.
“I have left my work because there is no salary.
There is no salary at all,” he said, holding the hands of his two children who chewed the sweet cob.
“If I go there, they say ‘Don’t work with this dress style.
Don’t work with men.
Work with women.
This is not possible,” he told AFP in the street market in Kabul.
“For us, there is no difference between men and women, because we are medical workers.” Afghanistan like Alizada worried about what was under the Taliban.
Food prices have risen on the market, fuel costs have increased and there are fewer opportunities to make money.
The United Nations this week warns of prices for important items that soar in Afghanistan, add: “There are fears of food shortages, higher inflation, and deterioration in all currencies result in humanity emergency intensification throughout the country.” Many government services no longer function, while the international community – which has long supported the economy that depends on assistance – doubtful of Afghan funding.
In some operating sectors, the Taliban have offered very different salaries.
A former customs official, who did not want to be named for security reasons, told AFP that he had worked on the border of Balkak spinning with Pakistan for more than seven years.
Under the previous government he gets around $ 240 per month, but the Taliban say they will pay for only $ 110.
“It’s up to you if you want to continue your work, or stop,” Taliban said to him.
The official said he resigned after weighing his salary on a long travel fee to work.
Seeing a large crowd queuing to enter the bank to access cash now on Afghanistan.
The country’s central bank only has access to a small portion of its usual financing, disconnected from the international banking system and access to the country’s foreign currency reserves.
This means that cash in short supply and the Taliban enforce a withdrawal limit of $ 200 per person every week.
In the capital on Wednesday around 150 men jostling in the middle of the sun outside the Bank Kabul branch, where government employees under the latest administration held an account.
Armed security guards gripped the power cord to be used as a whip if the crowd grew too noisy when they queued for one of the two ATMs.
Abdullah told AFP he was traveling last night from northeast Takhar, which borders Tajikistan, to get to the branch in the fajar gap – and he was still behind the queue during the day.
“The problem is that after the collapse of the government, all banks are closed,” said the 31-year-old former army command.
He told AFP that several soldiers liked it could not access their salaries in the months before the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
“I was in my post for three or four months.
My salary is in the bank and I can’t get it,” he said.
Members of other security forces complained were not paid at all in a few months before the Taliban takeover.
Kitchen equipment shopkeeper in the capital, who does not want to give His name for security reasons, to AFP does not have customers.
“Since changes, all businesses have stopped,” he said, sitting on a bench in front of his empty shop.
“We face many problems.
People live in their homes because there is no job.
No one bought from us.” With high rent and further income, he was worried about taking care of his family five.
“We can’t find the money to feed ourselves.
People worry about how to find their food, morning and evening.
Everyone worries about their future.”