With eyes focused on Ukraine, another crisis unfolds in Afghanistan - a podcast by Marketplace

We’ve talked quite a bit the past couple of days about the Ukraine conflict, sanctions against Russia and their impacts on the global economy. But it’s been six months since President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan. American sanctions on the Taliban government are wreaking havoc, international aid has dried up and food insecurity is growing. Today, we check in on the state of humanitarian and economic crises currently playing out there. Also on the program: how home improvement stores are benefitting from the aging housing stock, and why more economic data doesn’t necessarily mean better economic forecasts.

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