Taliban (file photo)

DW: The Islamist militant group ruling Afghanistan has claimed the country is secure. But ordinary Afghans say hunger, poverty and fear are everyday realities.  “The perpetrators of the violence are now in power, for example, as head of the Ministry of the Interior. Of course, they now claim that the country is safe,” Nilofar Ibrahimi, a former member of Afghanistan’s parliament before the Taliban takeover, told DW. Click here to read more (external link).