Afghanistan: Taliban letter to US to lift sanctions

To respond to the humanitarian and economic crisis unfolding in Afghanistan called Taliban the USA in their open letter to Congress.

In particular, the letter is signed by the Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Moutaki and it is an appeal to Washington to release the assets of the central bank of Afghanistan. “At the moment, the fundamental challenge facing our people is financial security, and at the root of these concerns is the freezing of our people ‘s assets by the US government,” the letter said today, Wednesday (17/11). publicity.

The Taliban are worried that if the current situation continues, it will lead to mass migration and will harm the health and education sectors in the country, according to the letter according to the APE-MPE. “When a child suffers from malnutrition, when a mother dies from a lack of health services, when the ordinary Afghan is deprived of food, shelter, medicine and other basic necessities, this can not be justified politically or logically and it damages the prestige of the government and people of the United States of America because it is a purely humanitarian issue. “

$ 9 billion “parked” in the US from the reserve of the Central Bank of Afghanistan

When the Taliban seized power in the country in August, most aid to Afghanistan has been suspended. About $ 9 billion from the reserve of the central bank of the country, most of which were “stationed” in the United States, have been frozen.

Previously the government of Kabul received $ 8.5 billion a year to military and civilian assistance, according to a report by the Kabul Afghanistan Analysts Network. It was used to finance 75% of public spending.

Millions of people have lost their main source of income while the education and health sectors, as well as other public services, are no longer fully operational. The United Nations has warned that by mid-2022, 97% of Afghans can be plunged into poverty.