IMF suspends Afghanistan’s access to funds
The move follows the Taliban’s takeover, and lack of global agreement over who now governs Afghanistan. …
In June, the IMF gave Afghanistan its latest loan instalment which was approved in November. In the same month, the UN published a report which stated that the “primary sources of Taliban financing remain criminal activities,” including “drug trafficking and opium poppy production, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, mineral exploitation and revenues from tax collection in areas under Taliban control or influence.”
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