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World Service,5 mins

Is Afghanistan's economy about to collapse?

World Business Report

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Experts are warning the suspension of funds by donor nations, alongside the loss of loans from the IMF and World Bank, will create a financial crisis for Afghanistan. Billions was pumped into the country over two decades, but a lot of the money was lost to corruption or mismanagement. Gul Masood Sabit, who served two terms as Afghanistan's deputy finance minister, tells the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Russell Padmore that some of the money was invested in building infrastructure. (Picture: A child counting money at a book shop in Kabul. Sajjad Hussain/AFP.)

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