Government Accountability

Taliban’s Cry for Aid Amid Afghanistan’s Earthquake Fiasco Exposes Global and Governance Failure

By Economics Desk | September 2, 2025

As Afghanistan reels from a devastating earthquake killing over 800, the Taliban’s desperate international aid plea reveals a glaring failure of governance and Western policy—leaving millions of Americans’ interests at risk through unchecked instability.

On the night of August 28, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, leaving more than 800 dead and nearly 2,800 injured. Villages in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman, and Nuristan provinces bear the brunt, with widespread devastation compounded by landslides severing critical roads and isolating entire districts. Thousands now face homelessness amid grim conditions.Yet while this humanitarian crisis unfolds, it starkly exposes the consequences of both the Taliban’s disastrous rule and flawed Western policies that have left Afghanistan isolated from financial systems and global cooperation.Why Is America Watching From Afar as Chaos Engulfs Afghanistan?The Taliban administration has urgently appealed to international...

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