The vice -first Minister for Economic Affairs of Afghanistan, Abdul ghani baradar akhund, He asked the United States on Saturday to raise the economic sanctions imposed by Washington and the international community to Afghanistan, after meeting in Kabul with An American delegation headed by the special representative of the US President, Donald Trumpfor prisoners, Adam Boehler.
“The Deputy Prime Minister, the Mulá Baradar Akhund, referring to the sanctions imposed on Afghanistan in the United States and the international community, said that in some areas the necessary progress due To these economic sanctions, “the Vice Primer of Economic Minister of Economic Affairs said in a statement published in X.
Baradar Akhund asked the US to replace confrontation with commitment and stressed that in areas such as trade, income or monetary stability, Kabul He has made progress. The Taliban urged the United States “to play their role in the Reconstruction of Afghanistan already take advantage of existing investment opportunities. “
Strong financial block
Taliban are subject to a strong financial block Since August 2021. The country was largely disconnected from the Swift International Banking System after the return to the power of the Taliban. Likewise, the Islamist movement and its leaders remain under sanctions that prohibit the financial transactions With them, a measure that has paralyzed the economy and that has complicated the arrival of direct monetary aid to the de facto government, something that has impacted in various fields, as in the recent humanitarian response to the earthquake of August 31 in the east of the country, which left more than 2,200 dead.
According to the Taliban, the American representative said that Afghanistan offers broad opportunities of investment in sectors such as mining, energy, agriculture or transport; and affirmed Washington’s disposition to cooperate in the Afghan economic sector. Boehler welcomed the economic advances From Afghanistan and stressed that both Washington and Kabul “have properly implemented the Doha agreement” and that “none of the parties has violated the pact”, according to the statement issued by the Afghan fundamentalists, who occupy power since August 2021, after the departure of the US troops of this country As As.o After almost two decades of military presence.
Also, the American representative said that Afghanistan and the United States They will exchange prisoners.
