UN chief tells Security Council: Afghanistan ‘hanging by thread’
kathmandupost.com · Thu Jan 27 05:35:54 GMT 2022
Some $9.5 billion in Afghan central bank reserves remain blocked abroad and international development support has dried up since the Taliban seized power in August.
Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, calling for countries to authorise all transactions needed to carry out humanitarian activities in the Taliban-ruled state.
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