KABUL: The Human Rights Watch expressed its deepest concern on the economic meltdown of Afghanistan, urging the UN and international financial institutions to urgently ease the imposed-sanctions that have been affecting the country’s economic.
“Afghanistan’s economy and social services are collapsing, with Afghans throughout the country already suffering acute malnutrition,” said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Humanitarian aid is critical, but given the crisis, governments, the UN, and international financial institutions need to urgently adjust existing restrictions and sanctions affecting the country’s economy and banking sector.”
The HRW said in a statement that world governments, the UN, the World Bank, and the Taliban should work to reach an agreement to allow the Afghan Central Bank access to the international banking system.
The Islamic Emirate called on the humanitarian organization to prevent the humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan. “The UN and international community should prioritize and take actions to avert a major humanitarian crisis,” said Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.
The statement said If an agreement involving the Central Bank is not possible, governments, the UN, and the World Bank should negotiate a short-term agreement with the Taliban to designate a private bank or other entity, independent of the Central Bank, to process large-scale humanitarian transactions to be monitored by officials with the World Bank, UN, or a designated third-party auditing entity.
“The problems created for Afghanistan are due to the political interactions in the US, especially in the US congress. A political path can resolve these problems,” said Toriq Farhadi, an international relations analyst. With winter coming, millions of Afghans are struggling with severe economic challenges.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senior Vice-President Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday dared PPP leader and...
ZURICH: FIFA has suspended India’s football association because of “undue influence from third parties,” amid...
LAHORE: The government of Pakistan has started implementation of one of the major requirements of the Financial Action...
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and his cabinet members did not attend the official...
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Scrutiny Committee constituted by secretary niterior was held on 27th July, 2022 to...
A currency dealer is counting Rs5,000 notes. — AFP/FileKARACHI: Given the rising trend of rupee against dollar and a...
Comments