The Taliban, which is in power in Afghanistan, has appealed to the international community to unfreeze the country’s bank reserves.
The Taliban government has cited for this to stop the humanitarian crisis that has arisen in the country. In fact, in August this year, the elected government of Afghanistan collapsed and the power here came in the hands of the Taliban. Soon after, the US froze billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s assets.
Taliban Finance Ministry spokesman Ahmed Wali Houmal said Afghan assets should be released without any conditions. Freezing a country’s reserves is against international law. This is an example of the brutality being committed against the Afghan people. He said that the money deposited is not the property of the Islamic Emirate, it is the money of the needy people and businessmen.
On
Sunday, Afghan industrialists and businessmen took out a rally against the freezing of Afghanistan’s reserves, according to the report of Tolo News. They say that the current serious economic crisis will harm not only Afghanistan, but also other countries. As such, this restriction should be removed soon. Mohammad Shahab, an industrialist, said that crimes would increase if the country’s reserves were not unfreezed. At the same time, opium cultivation and drug smuggling will also increase, which will harm Afghanistan and other countries.
While these conditions are necessary to unfreeze
, human rights activists are against unfreezing the reserve of Zarka Yaftali Bank. He said that this money will not be released. The world will not recognize the new government if the Islamic Emirate does not implement the conditions. It is to be known that some conditions have to be followed for issuing bank’s reserve, which includes basic conditions like respecting human rights, giving women the right to education and work.
About $1,000 million in Afghanistan’s Central Bank
According to the New York Times report, there is a reserve of about $1,000 million in Afghanistan’s central bank, most of which is with the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has a reserve of about $ 700 million in the Central Bank of Afghanistan. At the same time, the Afghan Central Bank’s reserves of about $ 1003 million are kept in international accounts, some of which are in euros and British pounds.
