Afghanistan's economic woes have been exacerbated by the freezing of assets
Kabul (Urdu Point News Latest - NNI. August 13, 2022) After the Afghan Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the United States froze the assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan worth billions of dollars abroad, which resulted in a lack of foreign exchange in Afghanistan. At the same time, inflation and poverty increased. On Saturday, according to China Med Ya, 71 international economists and other experts sent a joint letter to the US government, demanding the return of the assets of Afghanistan's central bank. has gone
The letter states that the United States has no justification for freezing the assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, while also expressing serious concern about the economic collapse and human misery in Afghanistan. The series continues.
American policy has played the role of adding fuel to the fire to increase these disasters. Following the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the US immediately froze over $7 billion of Afghanistan's central bank assets, with over $2 billion held by Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates.
Experts pointed out that after the US withdrawal, economic activity in Afghanistan decreased and foreign aid was sharply cut, leaving the Afghan economy in ruins, more than half of the Afghan population facing a severe food crisis, and 30 Millions of children are at risk of malnutrition. The Afghan media quoted officials of the Central Bank of Afghanistan as saying that if these assets are returned to Afghanistan, the Central Bank of Afghanistan will use these funds to restore the economy and stabilize the financial markets. fully capable of being used to
