UN envoy urges world to keep money flowing into Afghanistan despite concerns over the Taliban government, warns country could otherwise suffer a historic breakdown
A commuter rides his bicycle past a member of Taliban forces sitting in a vehicle along a street in Kabul on September 9, 2021.
Deborah Lyons, the secretary-general's special representative on Afghanistan, called on the world at least to give a chance to the victorious Taliban as the group turn to governance and confront a"A modus vivendi must be found – and quickly – that allows money to flow to Afghanistan to prevent a total breakdown of the economy and social order," Lyons told a Security Council meeting.
She warned that the new Afghan authorities cannot pay salaries and voiced alarm over a storm of crises including a plunging currency, sharply rising food and fuel prices, and a lack of cash at private banks.Economic lifeline President Joe Biden's administration has voiced openness on humanitarian aid but says that any direct economic lifeline, including unfreezing some $9.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets, will be contingent on Taliban actions.
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