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14 Sep 22
The US has set out how it will use billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s central bank reserves itself, keeping them from local officials but insisting they will be used to benefit the Afghan people.
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16 Aug 22
The Biden administration plans not to unfreeze billions of dollars of Afghanistan’s reserves held in US financial institutions, but insists it will find a way to use the money “for the benefit of the...
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16 Feb 22
Afghanistan’s central bank has criticised the US for planning to use $7bn of its assets that Washington froze last year, saying they are owned by the people and would not have been used by the...
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11 Jan 22
United Nations agencies are asking donors for a record sum of aid to help people in Afghanistan through a political and economic crisis.
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25 Aug 21
The World Bank has stopped funding aid programmes in Afghanistan in light of the Taliban taking control of the country.
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17 Aug 21
The Taliban must ensure continuity of public services in Afghanistan after taking power so as to mitigate the humanitarian crisis engulfing the country, the leader of the United Nations has said.
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13 Aug 21
Afghanistan will miss out on the €430m of German aid it receives each year if the Taliban gains control of the country, Germany’s foreign minister has said.
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24 Mar 20
The US has reduced the amount of aid it will send to Afghanistan this year by $1bn, in response to politicians’ failure to agree a unity government.