Taliban calculating new national budget without foreign aid support
Afghanistan's finance ministry under the Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget. For the first time in two decades, the national budget is funded without foreign aid support. Afghanistan ’s Law students and lawyers are filing reports with JURIST about Afghanistan’s situation after the Taliban takeover. JURIST is a legal news website in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. A Staff Reporter for JURIST in Kabul reported on recent statements made by Taliban officials about the forthcoming national budget. The National budget will be entirely based on domestic revenues. Reportedly, it will not rely on any foreign aid. According to Jurist, since the Taliban took power in August, most foreign aid has been suspended from the country. Many western countries also blocked access to billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s foreign exchange assets after the Taliban takeover. Ahmad Wali Haqmal on the national budget Finance ministry spokesman Ahmad Wali Haqma...