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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

US allows trade with Afghanistan despite Taliban sanctions

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The Biden administration is seeking to assure financial institutions and other businesses that U.S. sanctions on the Taliban aren’t intended to interfere with trade that could help Afghanistan emerge from an economic and humanitarian crisis.

Senior administration officials told reporters Friday that the Treasury Department planned to issue a so-called general license that would expand the authorization for commercial and financial transactions in Afghanistan in hopes of helping Afghans but not the Taliban.

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