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World Business Report: First broadcast 23/08/2021 14:32 GMT : What might the Afghan economy look like under the Taliban?

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What might the Afghan economy look like under the Taliban?

First broadcast 23/08/2021 14:32 GMT 

First broadcast 23/08/2021 14:32 GMT : What might the Afghan economy look like under the Taliban?

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Instability in Afghanistan could threaten the entire region's economic outlook

Instability in Afghanistan could threaten the entire region's economic outlook.

The Taliban have insisted they will not extend the deadline for Western forces to leave Afghanistan, saying 31 August is a red line. The situation in the country could potentially have a destabilising economic effect on the whole region. Rahul Tandon discusses the issue with Pakistan's information minister, Fawad Ahmed Chaudry. In response to issues securing Covid vaccines from abroad, places like Taiwan and India are developing their own. Will countries around the world follow suit? We pose that question to the Economist's Health Policy Editor, Natasha Loder. Amazon’s new African HQ in Capetown promises to inject millions of dollars into the local economy – but the site they’ve chosen is hallowed grown for the Khoi and San people, and they don't want Amazon to build there. The BBC's Vumani Mkhize reports.

(Photo: Market in Kabul after Taliban takeover, Anadolu Agency/Getty)

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