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Taliban declares war on smartphones
Source: NPR News
In this photo taken on February 15, 2022, university students Arezo Akrimi (R), Marzia Yarzadah (C), and Parisa Rahmati check their cryptocurrency accounts on their smartphones at a currency exchange office in Herat. - Since the Taliban returned in August 2021, Afghanistan's economy has virtually collapsed and the country is in the grip of a crisis caused by the seizure of billions of dollars of assets held abroad. But digital currencies and their decentralised architecture, impervious to international sanctions, are allowing a handful of young Afghans to avoid the worst of the crisis.
- TO GO WITH: Afghanistan-economy-crypto, FOCUS by Romain FONSEGRIVES with Qubad WALI (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Afghanistan-economy-crypto, FOCUS by Romain FONSEGRIVES with Qubad WALI (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)