LIGHTS OF A COUNTRY UNDER TALIBAN CONTROL
Payne Institute Research Associate Fen-Chi Hsu, Director Morgan Bazilian, and Communications Associate Brooke Bowser write about what the satellite views of Afghan city lights tell us about the economic and political state of the country. Changing light patterns are not new for Afghanistan, which has dealt with rolling power outages for decades due to issues with supply and conflict, but the departure of US troops, the Taliban’s dominance, and the country’s plunge into an economic crisis create new concerns about electricity blackouts. April 11, 2022.