Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work

FILE PHOTO: Taliban forces patrol a street in Herat, Afghanistan August 14, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to revive the country's battered economy.

Widespread destruction during a 20-year war between U.S.-backed government forces and the Taliban, the drop in local spending due to departing foreign troops, a tumbling currency and lack of dollars are fuelling economic crisis in the country.