The World Bank suspended all its projects in Afghanistan at a cost of about 600 600 million about three weeks ago after a ban on girls’ education, but two sources told Reuters that the bank would once again focus on agriculture, health in Afghanistan. And start working in the areas of domestic livelihood.
The World Bank’s decision to start work in three other sectors worth about 50 450 million, excluding education, has been prompted by the deepening economic crisis in Afghanistan and rising food and energy prices in Ukraine. Russia is at war.
The seven major donors to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) are expected to discuss Afghanistan’s economic and food security during a spring meeting between the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday.
