risis accelerate and enlarge, with the economic collapse that will occur in this way,” Mary-Ellen McGroarty, Director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, told Reuters from Kabul.
Administration of President Joe Biden has no plans to release billions in Afghan gold, investment and foreign currency reserves parked in the United States that he freezes after the Taliban takeover.
In a positive development, a senior executive Western Union Co said the company continued the money transfer service to Afghanistan in line with the urge of U.S.
CONFESSION
The Taliban imposed a form of sharia radicals, or Islamic law, when it was governed from 1996 to 2001.
But this time, this movement has tried to present a more moderate face to the world, promised to protect human rights and refrain from retaliation against old enemies.
The United States, the European Union and others have provided doubts about such guarantees, by saying formal recognition to the new government, and the flow of economic aid produced, depending on action.
The Taliban has promised a safe section abroad for every foreigner or an Afghan who was abandoned by a great airlift which ended when the troops A.S. Interesting ahead of the August 31 deadline. But, with Kabul airport still closed, many tried to escape from the ground.
Thousands of Afghans, some without documents, the other with the Pending Visa application A.S. Or whose family has a diverse immigration status, also waiting in “transit hub” in third countries.The Taliban Co-Founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government that can be announced soon, sources in Islamic groups said on Friday, when it fought rebel fighters while struggling to ward off economic collapse.
Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office, will join Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, son of the founder of Taliban Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, in a senior government, three sources said.
“All top leaders have arrived in Kabul, where preparations are in the final stage to announce the new government,” Taliban officials told Reuters, provided that anonymity.
The Taliban, who confiscated Kabul on August 15 after sweeping the majority of the country, had faced resistance in the Panjshir valley, north of the capital, with a severe battle and victim report.
Several thousand regional militia fighters and the remnants of the government’s armed forces have gathered in a rough valley under the leadership of Ahmad Massoud, the son of the former Commander of Mujahidin Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Efforts to negotiate the settlement seem to have been damaged, with each other blame the other for failure.
Humanitarian disaster.
The legitimacy of the government in the eyes of donors and international investors will be very important for the economy that grappled with drought and damage to conflict which killed around 240,000 Afghans.
Humanitarian groups have warned of future disasters and economics, depending on years of millions of dollars in foreign aid, almost collapsing.
Many Afghans struggled to feed their families in the midst of severe drought before the Taliban took power and millions of people may now face hunger, the aid agency said.
“Since August 15, we have seen the c