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class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit...<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Elise Blanchard for The New York Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"css-p6m5rf\"><div class=\"byline-container css-1e2jphy epjyd6m2\"><div class=\"css-233int epjyd6m1\"><p class=\"css-4anu6l e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"byline-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/david-zucchino\" class=\"last-byline css-ojhyzr e1jsehar0\" itemProp=\"name\">David Zucchino<\/a><\/p><div class=\"css-1gqes1i epjyd6m0\"><div id=\"enhanced-byline\" class=\"css-8atqhb\"><p class=\"css-1hyokyd e1wtpvyy0\">Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"css-1c72mta\"><time class=\"css-kx0gap e16638kd0\" dateTime=\"2025-03-09T00:01:08-05:00\">March 9, 2025, <span class=\"css-epvm6\">12:01 a.m. ET<\/span><\/time><\/div><\/header><section name=\"articleBody\" class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\"><div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\"><div class=\"css-53u6y8\"><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He is the Taxman of Kabul, a bearded, black-turbaned Talib with a genial manner and the calculating mind of a computer-savvy accountant.<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As director of the Taliban\u2019s Taxpayers Services Directorate, Abdul Qahar Ghorbandi has the unenviable task of raising revenue for the government of a wretchedly poor, isolated nation.<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">From his perch behind an enormous desk next to a black and white Taliban flag, Mr. Ghorbandi rides herd on hundreds of Afghan taxpayers each weekday. He makes sure they arrive with income documentation and leave with a fistful of tax forms to fill out.<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Teachers, money changers, truckers, wedding planners, grocers and others trudge the worn hallways of the imposing tax building, discussing their taxes with Talibs pecking away at computer terminals.<\/p><\/div><aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside><\/div><div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div><div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\"><div class=\"css-53u6y8\"><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Taliban have sought to ramp up tax collection after a severe economic contraction that followed their takeover in 2021. The authoritarian regime has been crippled by sanctions, in part over its harsh restrictions on women and girls.<\/p><p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">U.S. aid, drastically reduced since 2021, could be eliminated entirely under President Trump\u2019s budget cuts. 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