Zaranj, a city in North Western Afghanistan, sits on the border with Iran. Amid a roar of engines and clouds of dust, desperate migrants clamber into pickup trucks ready for a perilous drive through the desert, with the singular goal of crossing theborder into Iran. Afghanistan has been plunged into a financial crisis following the Taliban takeover seven months ago, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation after decades of war.

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