Afghanistan could be less than a year away from a 97 per cent poverty rate.
That is the stark warning from the UN development agency as it calls for urgent efforts to bolster the economy.
It says the country is at risk of “total breakdown” without international help to keep money flowing in.
Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from the United Nations.

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