2 That $63 million in Afghan currency, U.S. dollars and gold since has been drawn down to circulate cash in the economy, allowing Afghans to withdraw up to $400 a week from their bank accounts, pay ...
The person claims they are a U.S. military service member or diplomat, and offers you millions of dollars if you help them move money or gold out of Afghanistan. This is a twist on the old " Nigerian Prince " scam. The person's luck is incredibly bad – he or she has been in a car crash, arrested, mugged, beaten, hospitalized, etc.
The Taliban took over Afghanistan with astonishing speed, but it appears unlikely that the militants will get quick access to most of the Afghan central bank's roughly $10 billion in assets.
The country's neighbors will be watching closely how a Taliban-led government performs. China, Afghanistan's richest and most powerful neighbor, shares a short, remote border with Afghanistan ...
Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo of Lawrence was among the 13 "heroes" killed in the Afghan evacuation to be honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. President Biden signed …
The Khaama Press News Agency is one of the leading and largest news and information source in Afghanistan. Khaama Press was established in October 2010 by Khushnood Nabizada and a team of young, professional and committed journalists with a vision to spread awareness amongst the online readers about the political, social, cultural and …
President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military honor, to three U.S. Army soldiers on Thursday -- two posthumously -- for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The UN and other aid agencies have been trying to navigate the sanctions to deliver much-needed aid to the country, with more than half of Afghanistan's 38 million population facing imminent ...
The Taliban recently recovered gold and money worth $6.5 million from the house of former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh. Video of the Taliban stacking gold bricks and money into bags has been making rounds on social media. By News Desk 13 September 2021
Taliban blames U.S. as 1 million Afghan kids face death by starvation. Kabul, Afghanistan — There are few greater agonies for a parent than a sick child. Six-month-old Sofia is suffering from ...
Prior to 2001, Afghanistan was an extremely poor, landlocked, and foreign aid-dependent country. Increased domestic economic activity occurred following the US-led invasion, as well as significant international economic development assistance. This increased activity expanded access to water, electricity, sanitation, education, and health ...
As per an estimate, out of 39 million people in Afghanistan, 22.8 million people would face food shortages and 3.2 million children may get to grips with malnutrition. ... Gold remains flat at ...
The most recent financial statement posted online shows DAB holds total assets of about $10 billion, including $1.3 billion-worth of gold reserves and $362 million in foreign currency cash ...
According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, nearly 23 million of Afghanistan's around 40 million people are facing acute food insecurity and hunger, while the World Food ...
Since then, tens of thousands of tonnes of the pine nuts – known as Afghanistan's "export gold" – have travelled to China via the air corridor each harvest season, which usually starts ...
Nov. 29, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET. WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice for their losses by suing a list of targets like Al Qaeda ...
Afghan Poppy (Papaver somniferum), opium poppy, is an annual herbaceous plant in the Papaveraceae (poppy family) that originated in southeastern Europe and western Asia. Afghan Poppy plants are widely cultivated in Europe, Asia, China, and North Africa for their seeds, which are used in baking, as a condiment, and for their edible oil.
By ANI. Published: Tue 16 Nov 2021, 9:11 PM. At least 24 million Afghans are facing an acute hunger crisis in Afghanistan as the country suffers a combination of drought and economic meltdown ...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tried to flee the country with four cars and a helicopter packed with cash, Russia's embassy in Kabul claimed on Monday. As the Taliban closed in on Kabul on Sunday ...
(Kitco News) Even though the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan was rapid, it is not likely the militants will get their hands on the central bank's $10 billion in assets, including the $1.3 billion in gold reserves. The reason is that …
The United States announced Monday it will send nearly $64 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, a day after the United Nations issued an emergency call for $600 million to prevent famine ...
The UN agency said that 18.8 million Afghans are unable to feed themselves every day, and that this number is set to rise to nearly 23 million by the end of the year. What started as a drought crisis has spiralled into economic disaster, with nine in 10 major urban centres also expected to face extreme hardship, as debts pile up and savings ...
The USGS recommended further study of the primary gold deposits but did associate 682 tonnes gold ($26.8 billion at the average 2010 gold price of $1,226 per troy ounce) and 9,067 tonnes of silver ...
The United Nations has repeatedly warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Around 22 million Afghans, or more than half the country, will face an "acute" food shortage in the winter months, …
Donors including the United States are expected to allow the transfer of US$280-million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to …
Meanwhile, even as insurgents successfully tap Afghanistan's riches, the UNDP estimates that the Afghan government took in only $42 million on average between 2012 and 2018 from the country's ...
The central bank's vaults contained around $160 million in gold and silver, and the "Bactrian Treasure," a priceless hoard of golden artifacts from Afghanistan's past.
Fallen Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez of Logansport will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The U.S. House passed H.R. 5142 to honor the 13 U.S. military service members who were ...
The World Bank's board has endorsed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the U.S. withdrawal ...
A Taliban fighter holds a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistan's third biggest city on Aug. 13, 2021 after government forces pulled out the day before following ...
The video obtained by CNN shows the Afghan soldiers emerging from a building, after the Taliban called out "surrender, commandos, surrender" in the town of Dawlat Abad in Faryab province.
Since August 15, the majority of the people in Afghanistan, that is 95 per cent live below the poverty line. (Photo: Reuters) As many as 1.146 million undocumented refugees have come back to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan, with the majority of them being from Iran. This is following the emigration of hundreds of thousands of Afghans to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the ...
The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Friday handed over eight trucks of medicines worth Rs 160 million to support the people of Afghanistan in this distressing time. In ...
The Taliban have denied reports claiming that they found $6.5 million and 18 gold bricks during a raid at the residence of former Afghanistan vice-president Amrullah Saleh.
President Joe Biden on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, signed into law a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 11 Marines, one sailor and one soldier who died in a suicide bombing Aug. 26 at the ...