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A flea market in Kabul: Afghans sell their sofa sets and electrical appliances.
The desperate attempt to somehow get hold of cash.
Jamshid Jan, salesman
»I offer my household items here because there is no work, but we need money for food.
I ask the Islamic Emirate to finally create jobs.
Today we sold our household - and what should we sell tomorrow? "
Since the Taliban came to power at the end of August, the country's economy has largely collapsed, with many Afghans losing their jobs and now barely any money.
According to the United Nations, most of them could have used up their food supplies by the end of the month.
While the Afghans are trying to arm themselves for the winter, Washington has started to politically come to terms with the chaotic withdrawal of troops.
For five hours, US Secretary of State Blinken had to answer questions from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives.
Republican MPs called the withdrawal of troops a disgrace.
Blinken was attacked particularly harshly by Brian Mast, who alleged that intelligence information had been tampered with.
Brian Mast, Florida Republican
“I wonder if you knew about this.
I don't think President Biden would do anything like this without you knowing.
And we deserve better answers to those questions, a better hearing.
I don't believe a word you say. "
Antony Blinken
»Quite simply ...«
Brian Mast
"I don't want ..."
Blinken's main line of defense that evening: An agreement with the Taliban including a deadline for the withdrawal of US troops was inherited from the previous government.
However, there was no plan for implementation.
Back in Kabul: At first glance, the street scene conveys a certain normality. But the situation is dire, nine out of ten Afghans are hungry. Aid organizations fear that if the West does not provide rapid humanitarian aid, all modernization efforts of the past 20 years will have been in vain.