za zalasht is forced to hide who she is for her own safety. it like going out onto the streets? >> how is it scary? what's scary about it? >> how did it feel having to cut your hair? >> reporter: zalasht has no say in her world. her mother can't work after having a stroke. her father can't earn enough to feed the family. it sounds like a tale from some dickens drama. but over 60,000 children work on the streets of kabul every single day. what you're witnessing is the slow unraveling of an entire country, from its youngest to the eldest. after u.s. and allied troops withdrew in august of last year and the taliban seized power as the elected government collapsed, all of the country's overseas accounts were frozen, blocking the taliban's access to $9 ] 5 billion of reserves, shrinking its economy by a third. the hardest hit have been the most vulnerable. 95% of afghans no longer get enough to eat. unemployment could reach 40% by the end of the year. while the prices of food and gas have soared by 50% in the last 12 months. hunger now stalks this