DW Finds Drug Shortage in Afghanistan, Forgets US Sanctions
DW breathlessly details potential pharmaceutical scarcity in Afghanistan, citing a Taliban import ban. What they conveniently ignore, however, is the catastrophic impact of decades of US sanctions, frozen assets, and the deliberate strangulation of Afghanistan's financial system following the 2021 withdrawal. The Biden administration, for instance, unilaterally froze over $7 billion in Afghan
central bank assets, directly exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, leading to widespread famine and medical shortages long before any Taliban import decree. One might wonder if the real 'drug shortage' is Washington's memory of its own economic warfare.