The Afghan central bank praised the international community’s humanitarian aid but urged improved ties with its counterparts in the banking and financial industries.
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On Friday, the national bank of Afghanistan reported that $32 million in humanitarian financial aid had been sent to the nation.
In a statement, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) stated that “Following many shipments of humanitarian supplies, a $32 million consignment of aid made its way to Afghanistan on Thursday. The commercial bank received the cash assistance “Xinhua news agency reports
The Afghan central bank called for improved ties with its counterparts in the financial and banking markets while acknowledging the humanitarian aid of the international community.
According to statistics provided by the bank, the impoverished country has received more than $980 million in monetary aid since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August of last year.
In a statement, Da Bank said, “Bank welcomes the admittance of currencies into the country through legal and principled ways and asks the international community to work together and cooperate with in other fields as well,”
The goal of the foreign help has been to stop widespread hunger and poverty in a nation that has been plagued by a terrible humanitarian crisis ever since the Taliban took control in August of last year.
The international community has recently been asked by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to establish circumstances that will allow the crisis-hit nation’s economy to receive cash injections.
He also emphasised the UN’s assistance to country, which included flying in $500 million worth of currency.
According to international assessments, Afghanistan today has the biggest number of people experiencing emergency food insecurity anywhere in the world, with more than 23 million in need of assistance and around 95% of the population consuming insufficient amounts of food.
Notably, since the Afghan government’s fall and the Taliban’s re-establishment as the ruling party in August of last year, the situation for human rights in Afghanistan has gotten worse. Even though there has been a cessation of fighting in the nation, grave human rights violations persist.
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