By Tyler Durden
Afghanistan’s Acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan is urging immediate international emergency help amid a spiraling economy and runaway inflation, while placing blame for Afghanistan’s disastrous economic state squarely on the prior US-backed government of Ashraf Ghani, saying it was his administration’s widespread corruption that ruined the country.
In what’s his first public address to the nation since assuming office, the Taliban prime minister urged foreign countries to come to Kabul’s aid, stressing the “Islamic Emirate wants good relations with all countries and economic relations with them.”
Hassan also harped on the billions of dollars in as yet unreleased frozen funds blocked by US-led sanctions in what’s become a familiar refrain of Taliban officials. He dubiously claimed in the speech that “if the Afghan money is released, all financial and economic problems will be solved.”
