The Taliban government in Afghanistan mistakenly transferred about $800,000 to the account of the Afghan embassy in Dushanbe. This was reported by the Avesto agency. Photo: Internet In late March 2021, then-President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani visited Tajikistan, where he promised to build a school in the city of Vahdat for Afghan migrants. After his […]
The Taliban government in Afghanistan mistakenly transferred about $800,000 to the account of the Afghan embassy in Dushanbe. This was reported by the Avesto agency.
Photo: InternetIn late March 2021, then-President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani visited Tajikistan, where he promised to build a school in the city of Vahdat for Afghan migrants.
After his return to Kabul, Ashraf Ghani instructed the Ministry of Finance to allocate about $800,000 for the construction of the school in Vahdat.
This amount was supposed to be transferred by the Afghan Ministry of Finance to the account of the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan, but in August, the situation in Afghanistan changed dramatically, the Taliban came to power, and Ghani fled the country.
Apparently, this money remained in the accounts of the Ministry of Finance in Kabul with instructions for transfer, and the new Taliban officials at the Ministry of Finance eventually transferred the funds to the intended recipient.
At the end of November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as the Taliban refer to the country (not recognized by the international community), sent a letter to the Afghan embassy in Dushanbe demanding the return of about $800,000.
The Afghan embassy confirmed to Avesto that a large sum in dollars had previously been credited to the embassy’s account, which had already been spent on the embassy’s needs.
“We cannot return this money to the Taliban because the Taliban are not recognized by us, nor by the whole world,” the Afghan diplomatic mission explained to the Avesto agency.