The Afghan movement “Taliban” (banned in Russia), to seize power in the country will be faced with the collapse of the national currency and a sharp inflation. This development in Twitter predicted head of the Central Bank of Afghanistan’s Ajmal Ahmadi, who had fled from the country.
He explained that almost all reserves of the republic are abroad. In fact, the new authorities of the country can get only 0.1-0.2 percent of funds. At the same time, it is not necessary to hope for the help of international donors.
Most of all – 7 billion dollars – is in the US Federal Reserve. Another 3.1 billion invested in US government debt, and Ahmadi said that he could not imagine a situation in which the Taliban will be able to access it.
The head of the Central Bank stressed that Afghan banks can not return to investors dollars, but not because they are stolen, but because they do not have access to them. He explained that the victims of militarily, the Taliban had to foresee such a situation.
Thus, he concluded, after the collapse of the national currency, the rise in food prices will begin, which will seriously hit the position of the poor in the population. Ahmadi told that described the situation at the request of employees of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, which the Taliban have begun to question about finding funds.
In addition, he said that when flight from Kabul did not have time to capture personal belongings with him. According to the head of the Central Bank, the flight on which he was flying was crowded, there were three times more passengers in the plane. In such a quick capture of the capital militants, he accused President Ashraf Gani.
previously became known that the United States shortly before the capture of Kabul canceled all deliveries of dollars to Afghanistan. The day after the fall of the secular authorities, Washington froze all their reserves.