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Taliban issuing gun licences to traders, businessmen as abductions soar

8th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Firstpost: In a somewhat hilarious decision, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have decided to provide gun licenses to traders in the capital Kabul. The Taliban’s security department in Kabul has announced that businessmen in Afghanistan’s capital will be provided with security and gun licences. According to a report by Tolo News, the Taliban arrived at

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Posted in Economic News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban Security Failure |
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As Afghans starve, Taliban plan to send money abroard

7th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) [Taliban] on Tuesday announced AFN 15 million (approx. $166,000 USD) in humanitarian aid for people affected by recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Of the total, AFN 10 million (approx. $111,000) will be for Turkey, and AFN 5 million (approx. $55,000) will be for Syria. Click here to

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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6 Million People in Afghanistan on Brink of Starvation, UN Warns

6th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Khaama: This week, the UN warned all its member states that 70% of the people in Afghanistan are facing extreme hunger and need aid, while six million are facing the risk of famine. Martin Griffiths, the UN humanitarian chief, told the UN Security Council that Afghanistan faces multiple humanitarian, economic, climate, hunger and financial crises

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Posted in Economic News, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Poverty, starvation, Taliban government failure |
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ACC increases Afghanistan’s share in revised financial distribution model

6th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

ESPN: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has revised its financial distribution model and increased the share for cash-strapped Afghanistan from Asia Cup earnings. Afghanistan became a Full Member of the ICC in 2017, but had been earning a lower share from the last two Asia Cups held in 2018 and 2022, with other Full Members

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Economic News | Tags: Cricket |
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Taliban Collect 600 AFG as Tax for Each Kilogram of Opium Smuggled Through Nimruz

5th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

8am: The Taliban are collecting 600 AFG as tax for every KG of opium smuggled through Nimruz border, Afghanistan. Adding that the price of opium has also increased in domestic markets, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that drug trafficking under the Taliban administration is carried out legally. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Corruption, Drugs, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Corrupt Taliban, Nimroz, smuggling, Taliban and Drugs |
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SIGAR: US Aid May ‘Confer Legitimacy’ Onto Taliban

4th February, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in its newly released report said that the “Taliban” derives revenue from this aid in the form of “licenses,” “taxes,” and “administrative fees” imposed on NGOs and their employees as a condition for operating in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Secretly funding Taliban, West funding Taliban, West supporting Taliban |
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UN Says Its Aid Agencies Will Not Quit Afghanistan Despite Taliban Restrictions

3rd February, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News February 2, 2023 WASHINGTON — The United Nations says its humanitarians will not leave Afghanistan and will continue delivering lifesaving aid despite Taliban restrictions on Afghan women’s work for nongovernmental organizations. “The humanitarian community does not go on strike,” Martin Griffiths, a top U.N. official for humanitarian affairs, told representatives of member

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Central Bank Immunity, Afghanistan, and Judgments Against the Taliban

1st February, 2023 · admin

Lawfare: Afghan central bank assets in the United States were frozen by President Biden following the Taliban’s takeover of the government in August 2021. As discussed on Lawfare and the Transnational Litigation Blog, half of those assets have been transferred to the “Afghan Fund” in Switzerland to be used for the benefit of the Afghan

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Posted in Economic News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Da Afghanistan Bank |
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Iran-Afghanistan Tensions Now Rising Over Water

31st January, 2023 · admin

Fair Observer: The dispute over the Helmand River between Iran and Afghanistan is an old one. In the 1870s, when Afghanistan was still under British control, the border between the neighbors was drawn along the main branch of the river. Helmand is a lifeline for both countries. It is Afghanistan’s longest river and it runs

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Posted in Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Helmand River, water |
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Humanitarians Await Taliban ‘Guidelines’ on Women Aid Workers

31st January, 2023 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News January 30, 2023 NEW YORK — The U.N. humanitarian chief said Monday that he is awaiting a list of guidelines from Taliban authorities to allow Afghan women to work in the humanitarian sector, following a decree last month that has restricted their work. “Let’s see if these guidelines do come through; let’s

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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