The Taliban announced the seizure of dollar shipments to Iran.
In the years following the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, one of the sources of the incoming cash was the activities of the United Nations.
In recent months, the Taliban announced several times that they prevented the transfer of dollar shipments from the border crossing of Islam Kala to Iran.
In the latest case, the Taliban regime's Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday, November 11 that it had arrested a man who planned to illegally transfer $150,000 to Iran through the Islam Qala border. In the same announcement, this office announced the discovery of $18,000 in Shir Khan Bandar destined for Tajikistan.
These cases are published while the US sanctions have limited the Islamic Republic of Iran's access to international financial services and trade exchanges between these two countries are also encountering difficulties in bank payments.
Earlier on November 11, the Taliban's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of a man with $170,000 in Islam Qala and announced that he intended to transfer this money to Iran. On October 4, the same office announced the prevention of the transfer of $580,000 to Iran through this border.
Despite the repetition of these news, the announcements related to the arrests of the owners of the money, the economic activity of the detainees or the possible recipients in Iran do not provide many details, and the only thing that is repeated in these announcements is the attempt to get the dollar out of the border where trade, the movement of people and the transfer of money are connected to each other.
These cases are raised in a situation where Afghanistan and Iran have extensive trade exchanges. This month, the governor of Khorasan Razavi, Kamaluddin Taweed, estimated the volume of trade between the two countries at three to four billion dollars and said that a significant part of the exchanges, including money transfers from Afghan families living in Iran, technical and engineering services, and some unregistered exchanges, are not reflected in the official statistics.
In this business relationship, the Afghan importers must pay the price of goods purchased from Iran, and Iranian sellers must also receive their money.