Islamabad: Taliban requested on Wednesday US Congress to ease and release sanctions AfghanistanAs assets of the country, the country is facing economic turmoil.
Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaki said in a statement posted online that the frozen assets are harming the public ranging from the health sector to education and other services. His remarks, following the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August, came a day after the World Food Program warned that millions of people in Afghanistan were facing poverty – and shook as an explosion Kabul For the third time in a week.
“US sanctions have caused havoc not only with trade and business, but also with humanitarian aid,” he said in an open letter to US lawmakers.
The World Food Program warned Tuesday that 8.7 million people in Afghanistan are at risk of “famine-like conditions” and an additional 14.1 million suffer acute food insecurity.
According to the WFP report, 600,000 displaced people in the country and the drought is adding to the poverty.
The country is also grappling with attacks mostly targeting civilians after the Taliban takeover.
At least one person was killed and three others were injured when a minivan exploded in the Shia neighborhood of western Kabul on Wednesday, a Taliban official said.
Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister for culture and information in the Taliban-led government, told the Associated Press that an investigation was ongoing. He did not elaborate.
No one immediately took responsibility for the blast.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion on Saturday that killed one person and injured five others. Two people were injured in a roadside taxi bomb explosion in Kabul on Monday.
Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaki said in a statement posted online that the frozen assets are harming the public ranging from the health sector to education and other services. His remarks, following the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August, came a day after the World Food Program warned that millions of people in Afghanistan were facing poverty – and shook as an explosion Kabul For the third time in a week.
“US sanctions have caused havoc not only with trade and business, but also with humanitarian aid,” he said in an open letter to US lawmakers.
The World Food Program warned Tuesday that 8.7 million people in Afghanistan are at risk of “famine-like conditions” and an additional 14.1 million suffer acute food insecurity.
According to the WFP report, 600,000 displaced people in the country and the drought is adding to the poverty.
The country is also grappling with attacks mostly targeting civilians after the Taliban takeover.
At least one person was killed and three others were injured when a minivan exploded in the Shia neighborhood of western Kabul on Wednesday, a Taliban official said.
Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister for culture and information in the Taliban-led government, told the Associated Press that an investigation was ongoing. He did not elaborate.
No one immediately took responsibility for the blast.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion on Saturday that killed one person and injured five others. Two people were injured in a roadside taxi bomb explosion in Kabul on Monday.
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