The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday announced issuing a special license to ensure that some international assistance could flow to Afghanistan, which faced the crisis because the economy collapsed after the Taliban takeover in August.
The license will allow the US government, international organizations such as the United Nations and non-governmental organizations operate in the country and offer humanitarian assistance despite sanctions. They will also allow Afghans to live abroad to send money to their families in Afghanistan through remittances.
Government A.S. Having labeled the Taliban Afghanistan and Haqqani networks related to terrorists, greatly limited their access to global institutions and outside money that supported the country’s economy before withdrawing troops A.S. This year and the death of Swift from his previous government.
Biden administration officials faced awkward duties to try to help Afghans without funding the Taliban government that the Us LED coalition was replaced after an 9/11 attack in 2001 and then struggled around 20 years.
80% of the Afghanistan budget comes from the international community. Without greater access to foreign money, the Afghan economy is likely to contract around 30% this year to advance the humanitarian crisis.
The U.S. The government plans to provide Afghanistan with an additional 1 million doses of vaccines in the coming weeks, according to senior administrative officials who insist on anonymous to discuss the plan. It brings total donations A.S. For Afghanistan to 4.3 million doses, even though this country has a population estimate of around 40 million.
Previously in December, the government u.S. Working to transfer $ 280 million of the World Bank World Bank Reconstruction Trust funds to U.N. Organizations to address health and nutrition needs in the country.