Taliban’s Blacklisted, But US Treasury Acts To Ease Flow Of Aid To Afghanistan

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The United States last week issued a license authorizing it and its partners to continue to facilitate humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, a Treasury Department official told Reuters, after the Taliban, which is blacklisted by Washington, seized control of the country this month.

The specific license, issued by the Treasury Department last Wednesday, authorizes the U.S. government and its contractors to support humanitarian assistance to people in Afghanistan, including the delivery of food and medicine, despite U.S. sanctions on the Taliban.

The license, which expires on March 1, 2022, comes amid concerns that Washington’s sanctions on the Taliban could speed an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country, which relies heavily on foreign aid.

“This is targeted humanitarian assistance designed to help the people of Afghanistan,” the official said, adding the assistance is not going to Taliban authorities.

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