12/30/21 Basir Bita on the Economic Crisis in Afghanistan

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Scott interviews activist Basir Bita about the economic calamity that’s hit Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal this past summer. With the U.S. and IMF freezing Afghan government funds as well as widespread market corrections after the fall of the previous regime, Afghanistan has been thrown into turmoil. Food prices have tripled since the summer and many Afghans face issues with food security. Bita argues that the Biden Administration and others should get over their hesitation to work with the new government of Afghanistan. And that a refusal to do so reveals how little they truly care for the Afghan people, despite their rhetoric. Basir Bita is a civil society activist now based out of Canada. He is an advisor for Afghan Peace Volunteers, a youth group in Kabul, Afghanistan that advocates for nonviolent conflict resolution. Follow him on Twitter @BasirBita This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton Show.
0:12.6	I'm the Director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:15.0	editorial director of anti-war.com.
0:17.8	Author of the book, Pools Arran,
0:19.8	time to end the war in Afghanistan,
0:21.8	and the brand new enough already. Time to end the war in Afghanistan and the brand new enough already time to end the war on
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1:00.0	And it really is amazing, I'm sure some of you guys have noticed that all the Hawks on TV and in the papers who supported the war for the Afghan people's own good supposedly over the last 20 years.
1:12.0	Now don't seem to care about them whatsoever. people's own good supposedly over the last 20 years.
1:12.9	Now don't seem to care about them whatsoever,
1:15.6	as many reports are coming in from all quarters
1:19.0	that they're facing economic depression
1:21.8	and a massive hunger and even starvation crisis going in, well, you know,
1:27.2	this winter right now as we speak.
1:29.6	And so thank you, Bussier, for joining us, appreciate it.
1:33.0	Pleasure.
1:35.0	So first of all, what can you tell us about the situation
1:40.0	as far as the population in Afghanistan,
1:42.0	and I know it's a big country
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