The Afghan banking sector, engine of the economy, is currently in a state of crisis and negatively affected by the uncertain political environment and poor leadership.

The IMF projects 3 percent growth for 2019. Hope is currently focused on forging a negotiated path to peace as the first step for Afghanistan’s future. The Afghan government initiated a peace offer in ...

Kabul, July 21, 2019 –, according to the World Bank’s recent Afghanistan Development Update. Released today, the latest edition of the biannual publication highlights the negative combined impacts of ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Christoph Duenwald visited Dubai during March 13–20, 2019 to conduct discussions on the fifth review of Afghanistan’s economic program supported by a ...

As Afghanistan's economic and humanitarian conditions deteriorate, the U.S. government and international stakeholders should identify and implement new proposals to sustain Afghanistan’s economy and ...

Afghanistan's economy could shrink by as much as 20% this year and its currency may slide further than it already has following the Taliban's takeover, Fitch Solutions said on Friday.