The Taliban promised a new era of peace and wealth, but six months later, few in the country are satisfied with their new overlords. Over a million Afghans have escaped retaliation, persecution, and a deteriorating humanitarian and economic situation. A total of 23 million individuals, or around half of the country's population of 39 million, are hungry. Malnutrition threatens the lives of over a million children. 3.5 million Afghans remain internally displaced despite the conclusion of the conflict, according to the report.

The situation has placed a pall over the idea that the Taliban, whose government is still unrecognised around the globe, can ever respect the freedoms and liberties enshrined in Afghanistan's half dead constitution. With international help and trade declining, many Afghans' expectations have shifted from optimism for a better life to simple survival, according to the report.

Afghanistan was already one of the world's poorest and aid-dependent countries prior to the Taliban's takeover. Many foreign firms and aid organisations withdrew ahead of the withdrawal of foreign forces, and foreign support to the government halted totally after the Taliban restored their hard-line Islamic emirate, according to reports.

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