Backing the UN can help Afghans facing a tough winter

In the coming weeks, governments and international organizations must work through an approach to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. It will not be simple.

Washington has descended into a high-stakes debate about the causes of the humanitarian crisis unleashed by the decision to take US troops out of Afghanistan.

Taliban victories have been aided by dismal political leadership in Kabul, but showing Afghans – and the world – they can run a country will not be so easy.

Will the realities of needing a functioning economy to run Afghanistan effectively be enough to temper the worst of the Taliban’s policies?