Only fragments of a government exist. With most of the nation's wheat crop lost, with shallow wells going dry in the cities, with only bleached bones to show for thousands of head of livestock, the Taliban have appealed to the world for help. The Taliban are not especially liked or appreciated by the international community. And that's quite a problem because Afghanistan has tough times ahead. Food is now an issue.
Water is scarcer and scarcer.
There are alarming reports all over, about rivers going down or drying up. The drought is a visitation of yet another plague, and the Taliban, in their own fashion, have tried to deal with it. They have twice declared a national holiday, beseeching the faithful to pray for rain. Last year, rain came. But this year, three days of focused worship extracted nothing from the grudging skies.