A large package containing around $40 million in cash for “humanitarian aid” was seen on the tarmac of an airport in Afghanistan, officials there said last week.
The money was handed over to Da Bank of Afghanistan, the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan, which is based in Kabul. The bank tweeted several images of the cash.
One shows plastic-bound, boxed, and bagged bundles of $100 US dollar bills at an airport.
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Afghanistan’s central bank said it received another injection of $40 million in cash this week.
(Bank Da Afghanistan- Afghanistan)
“Another $40 million humanitarian aid package arrived in Afghanistan and was delivered to a commercial bank in Kabul. This is the second package that has arrived in Afghanistan this week,” the caption reads.
The bank did not say where the money came from. The bank has received several separate shipments of millions of dollars in recent weeks, according to several identical tweets it posted last month.
“Any action based on principles that leads to the transfer of reserves to the country and helps needy people in society, Banco Da Afghanistan appreciates, and this bank will continue its efforts to strengthen the banking sector,” the bank said.
In September, the Biden administration announced the creation of a fund to help the people of Afghanistan, in addition to the country’s central bank.
“The Afghan Fund will help mitigate the economic challenges facing Afghanistan while protecting and preserving $3.5 billion in reserves of Banco Da Afghanistan (DAB), Afghanistan’s central bank, for the benefit of the people of Afghanistan,” said Wally Adeyemo, Under Secretary from the United States Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Treasury, he said at the time.
“The Taliban’s repression and economic mismanagement have exacerbated longstanding economic challenges for Afghanistan, including through actions that have diminished the capacity of key Afghan economic institutions and made the return of these funds to Afghanistan untenable.” Adeyemo said.
An image showing millions of dollars packed in plastic.
(Bank Da Afghanistan- Afghanistan )
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Foreign aid stopped when the The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021. The world’s governments racked up sanctions, halted bank transfers and froze billions more in Afghanistan’s foreign exchange reserves.
