KABUL (Pajhwok): Beijing has called for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) to restart financing support to Afghanistan for reconstruction.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, addressing Wednesday’s foreign ministerial meeting in Tehran, said: “Afghanistan is in need of revival on all fronts, and development is the top priority,”
In the wake of the Taliban takeover in mid-August, Afghan central bank’s assets worth more than nine billion dollars frozen by the United States.
Amid rising food rates in the country, the cash-strapped Taliban government has been unable to clear civil servants’ salaries..
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