The United Nations has accused the Central Bank of Afghanistan of publishing “misleading and useless” notes on aid funds amid growing tensions between the international organization and the country’s rulers over a ban on the education and employment of women in Afghanistan.
The United Nations uses the money primarily to provide millions of Afghans with much-needed humanitarian assistance.
The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan released a statement late last Saturday in response to a tweet from the Central Bank of Afghanistan saying the $40 million package had been deposited with a commercial bank in Kabul.
According to the Associated Press, the bank released a photo of the cash.
The tweet added: “Afghanistan’s Da Bank (central bank) appreciates any ethical move that brings currency to the country and helps the needy in society.”
But the United Nations said its money is held in special private bank accounts and distributed directly to its agencies and a limited number of “approved and vetted” aid partners in Afghanistan.
“None of the funds brought were deposited with the Central Bank of Afghanistan and were not provided by the United Nations to the de facto Taliban authorities,” the international organization said in a statement.
She added that “announcements made by organizations outside the United Nations system regarding the sending of funds.
