Kabul, July 1, 2021 – The newly appointed World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan Melinda Good joined the Kabul office on July 1, succeeding Henry Kerali, who completed his term. Melinda Good, a ...

The World Bank has committed more than $5.3 billion for development projects in the country since 2002. It also had another 15 projects with the Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund, a donor-funded ...

And then the World Bank froze financial support for Afghanistan. People in Afghanistan wait in line to withdraw money from an ATM in Kabul on August 21. AFP/Getty Images ...

The World Bank report revealed that Afghanistan’s trade deficit surged by 54% in 2024, reaching $9 billion, which represents 45% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

World Bank stops financial support to Afghanistan amid worries about fate of women under the Taliban. The World Bank suspended aid citing concerns ‘especially for women’ ...

Welcoming the latest World Bank report on Afghanistan, the Taliban-led interim Economic Affairs Office said in a statement that the comprehensive economic development and progress in Afghanistan ...

The World Bank says Afghanistan's economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of ... Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance in Oval Office blowup. 2:18 'An opportunity for the country to have a ...

The World Bank said its new "Approach 3.0" to Afghanistan aims to deliver basic services at scale, including supporting employment opportunities through the microfinancing of income-generating ...

The World Bank's executive board endorsed a new approach to its relationship with the people of Afghanistan Thursday under which new funds of around $300 million could be made available, outside ...

A large package containing around $40 million in cash for "humanitarian aid" was seen on an airport tarmac in Afghanistan, officials there said last week. The money was handed over to the Da Bank ...

KABUL, November 2, 2016—Shubham Chaudhuri joined the Kabul office on November 1 as the World Bank’s new Country Director for Afghanistan, succeeding Robert Saum who has left after completing his ...