ISLAMABAD -- One full year into Taliban rule, Afghanistan faces a grim outlook under an increasingly harsh regime and crippling economic sanctions.
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban 2.0, one year on: Afghanistan withers under iron-fist rule
Sanctions-hit economy at standstill as specter of terrorism haunts nation
A Taliban fighter stands guard at a livestock market in Kabul on July 8. The country has fallen into a severe economic crisis during the group's first year back in power. © Reuters
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