Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tried to flee the country with four cars and a helicopter packed with cash, Russia's embassy in Kabul claimed on Monday. As the Taliban closed in on Kabul on Sunday ...

Fallen Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez of Logansport will be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. The U.S. House passed H.R. 5142 to honor the 13 U.S. military service members who were ...

The UN and other aid agencies have been trying to navigate the sanctions to deliver much-needed aid to the country, with more than half of Afghanistan's 38 million population facing imminent ...

Prior to 2001, Afghanistan was an extremely poor, landlocked, and foreign aid-dependent country. Increased domestic economic activity occurred following the US-led invasion, as well as significant international economic development assistance. This increased activity expanded access to water, electricity, sanitation, education, and health ...

As per an estimate, out of 39 million people in Afghanistan, 22.8 million people would face food shortages and 3.2 million children may get to grips with malnutrition. ... Gold remains flat at ...

Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo of Lawrence was among the 13 "heroes" killed in the Afghan evacuation to be honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. President Biden signed …

Donors including the United States are expected to allow the transfer of US$280-million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to …

Kabul could be isolated by the Taliban in the next 30 to 60 days, increasing the potential that the Afghan capital could fall under the control of …

The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans. " Afghanistan is facing an avalanche of hunger and destitution the likes of which I have never seen in my twenty-plus years with the World Food Program," WFP Country Director Mary-Ellen McGroarty said in a press release.

By ANI. Published: Tue 16 Nov 2021, 9:11 PM. At least 24 million Afghans are facing an acute hunger crisis in Afghanistan as the country suffers a combination of drought and economic meltdown ...

Taliban blames U.S. as 1 million Afghan kids face death by starvation. Kabul, Afghanistan — There are few greater agonies for a parent than a sick child. Six-month-old Sofia is suffering from ...

Torn by four decades of war and desperate poverty, Afghanistan is believed to be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world. The value of …

3.5 million in need. UNHCR is appealing for increased support for 3.5 million people displaced by conflict inside Afghanistan, including 700,000 from 2021 alone. According to Mr. Baloch, nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the population, are facing extreme levels of hunger – nearly nine million of whom are at risk of famine.

The United States announced Monday it will send nearly $64 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, a day after the United Nations issued an emergency call for $600 million to prevent famine ...

Nov. 29, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET. WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, about 150 family members of Sept. 11 victims sought a measure of justice for their losses by suing a list of targets like Al Qaeda ...

The United States did plenty of dumb things in Afghanistan, but it kept the gold locked up in the basement vaults and $3.1 billion of DAB's assets went into U.S. Treasury bills and bonds. Ahmady estimates that $7 billion of DAB's assets are being held by the Federal Reserve which includes the gold, the bills and bonds, $300 million in cash ...

(Kitco News) Even though the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan was rapid, it is not likely the militants will get their hands on the central bank's $10 billion in assets, including the $1.3 billion in gold reserves. The reason is that …

According to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, nearly 23 million of Afghanistan's around 40 million people are facing acute food insecurity and hunger, while the World Food ...

The Taliban recently recovered gold and money worth $6.5 million from the house of former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh. Video of the Taliban stacking gold bricks and money into bags has been making rounds on social media. By News Desk 13 September 2021

President Joe Biden on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, signed into law a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 11 Marines, one sailor and one soldier who died in a suicide bombing Aug. 26 at the ...

Men are pictured as Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled central bank seizes a large amount of money in cash and gold from former top government officials, including former vice president Amrullah ...

The USGS recommended further study of the primary gold deposits but did associate 682 tonnes gold ($26.8 billion at the average 2010 gold price of $1,226 per troy ounce) and 9,067 tonnes of silver ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF to support nutrition and health in Afghanistan, the ...

Aynak contain known resources of more of small- to medium-sized gold deposits in a mean expected value of 13.4 million than 12.3 million metric tons …

The Taliban have denied reports claiming that they found $6.5 million and 18 gold bricks during a raid at the residence of former Afghanistan vice-president Amrullah Saleh.

The UN agency said that 18.8 million Afghans are unable to feed themselves every day, and that this number is set to rise to nearly 23 million by the end of the year. What started as a drought crisis has spiralled into economic disaster, with nine in 10 major urban centres also expected to face extreme hardship, as debts pile up and savings ...

Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1 million of them at risk of dying as temperatures drop, a World Health Organisation spokesperson said on Friday. Aid agencies have warned of famine as a drought coincides with a failing economy following the withdrawal of ...

The person claims they are a U.S. military service member or diplomat, and offers you millions of dollars if you help them move money or gold out of Afghanistan. This is a twist on the old " Nigerian Prince " scam. The person's luck is incredibly bad – he or she has been in a car crash, arrested, mugged, beaten, hospitalized, etc.

2 That $63 million in Afghan currency, U.S. dollars and gold since has been drawn down to circulate cash in the economy, allowing Afghans to withdraw up to $400 a week from their bank accounts, pay ...

The World Bank's board has endorsed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the U.S. withdrawal ...