- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
Saturday, 20 November 2021 (YJC)_ The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says Afghanistan is short of cash due to sanctions and is currently unable to pay its employees.
Peter Meyer, chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross, spoke to an American media outlet about the situation in Afghanistan.
He told the Associated Press:
Afghanistan is facing a shortage of cash due to sanctions and there is currently no cash available to pay its employees.
Meyer continued:
Although the government in Afghanistan has changed, the number of employees in various sectors, including health, education, and water and electricity services, has not changed and their salaries have not been paid.
Meanwhile, a number of international organizations are trying to pay the salaries of the Afghan Ministry of Health and Education staff independently.
The US media has reported that Afghanistan's economy is dependent on foreign aid and that many sectors of the country's economy are on the verge of collapse with the collapse of the previous government.
Meyer added that humanitarian organizations could not solve all of Afghanistan's problems, but that cash could be transferred to Afghanistan without recognizing the Taliban.
Your Comment