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Taliban call for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban administration called on international governments on Saturday to roll back sanctions...

Updated 26 Jun, 2022 09:47am

Business & Finance

Afghan central bank says US plan for frozen funds an 'injustice'

KABUL: Afghanistan's central bank on Saturday criticised Washington's plan to use half the bank's $7 billion in...

Updated 12 Feb, 2022 10:35pm

Pakistan

Pakistan underscores need for unfreezing Afghan central bank’s assets

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has strongly called for unfreezing Afghanistan’s financial reserves, estimated at $9.5...

Published 28 Jan, 2022 04:45am

Western diplomats seek urgent aid for Afghanistan

OSLO: Western diplomats said on Thursday they would expand their Afghan relief operations while continuing to...

Updated 28 Jan, 2022 09:50am

World

Taliban say Oslo talks with West will 'transform atmosphere of war'

KABUL: The Taliban's first official talks with the West on European soil since seizing power in Afghanistan will ...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 03:19pm

World

Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends

HEART: When six-week-old Zubair arrives at a clinic for malnourished children in Afghanistan, doctors initially give...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 10:41am

World

Taliban appeal to US Congress to release Afghan assets

Say economic turmoil at home could lead to trouble abroad

Updated 17 Nov, 2021 08:44pm

World

Aid group says 4,000-5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily

KABUL: As many as 4,000-5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the Taliban seized Kabul in August ...

Published 11 Nov, 2021 05:20am

World

Afghan acting FM asks US to lift ban on reserves

CAIRO: Taliban representatives asked the United States to lift a ban on Afghan central bank reserves at a meeting...

Published 10 Oct, 2021 04:26am

World

Afghan acting FM asks US to lift ban on central bank reserves

Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, also says Washington would offer Afghans coronavirus vaccines

Published 09 Oct, 2021 07:15pm

World

World should send pledged aid to Afghans: UNHCR

UN refugee agency says lack of resources is hampering efforts to avert an economic crisis
Remarks come as billions of dollars in central bank assets held abroad have also been frozen, putting pressure on the banking system

Published 09 Oct, 2021 07:02pm

World

Cash airlifts planned to bypass Taliban and help Afghans

The emergency funding could see US dollar bills flown into Kabul for distribution via banks in payments of less than $200 directly to the poor

Published 07 Oct, 2021 09:16pm

Afghan central bank drained dollar stockpile before Kabul fell

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI: The Afghan central bank ran down most of its US dollar cash reserves in the weeks before the...

Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:17am

World

Afghan central bank drained dollar stockpile before Kabul fell: document

The confidential, two-page brief, written early this month by senior international economic officials says country's severe cash shortage began before the Taliban took control of Kabul

Updated 29 Sep, 2021 07:47pm

World

Running out of dollars, Afghan banks ask Taliban for more cash

FRANKFURT/MUMBAI: Afghanistan's banks are running out of dollars, and may have to close their doors to customers...

Published 15 Sep, 2021 06:34pm

World

Taliban seize $12.4 million from former top Afghan officials

The central bank says the money and gold had been kept in officials' houses, although it did not yet know for what purpose

Published 15 Sep, 2021 06:16pm

World

UN seeks $600 million in Afghanistan's 'most perilous hour'

US pledges $64mn, China and Pakistan already sending aid

Published 13 Sep, 2021 07:30pm

World

Former Afghan central bank chief warns of 'difficult economic situation'

Ahmady, who fled the country just after Kabul fell to the Taliban in mid-August, says international sanctions that block aid funding and restrict access to $9 billion in reserves also could create a shortage of domestic currency

Published 10 Sep, 2021 10:08pm

World

US has no plans to release billions in Afghan assets, Treasury says

Much of the Afghan central bank's $10 billion in assets are parked overseas

Updated 03 Sep, 2021 08:13pm

Russia demands US release Afghan central bank reserves

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday called on the United States to release Afghan central bank reserves that Washington blocked...

Published 31 Aug, 2021 03:56am

Biden admin freezes billions in Afghan reserves

KABUL: The United States has frozen Afghan central bank reserves in US accounts, depriving the Taliban of billions ...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 03:40am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.38 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	288.80 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	664.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jun 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.38 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	288.80 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	664.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.91 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jun 29 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 27	207.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 27	207.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 27	135.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 27	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 27	1.23
Euro to USD / Jun 27	1.06
UK LIBOR % / Jun 27	1.58

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 27	3900.11
India Sensex / Jun 27	53161.28
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 27	26856.89
Nasdaq / Jun 27	11524.55
Hang Seng / Jun 27	22049.42
FTSE 100 / Jun 27	7258.32
Dow Jones / Jun 27	31438.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 27	13186.07
France CAC40 / Jun 27	6047.31

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 27	110.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 27	18980.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 27	122200.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 27	1823.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 27	94.02

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