Afghanistan's finance ministry drafts national budget funded without foreign aid for the first time in two decades
Afghanistan is mired in economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe the UN has called an"avalanche of hunger".
Finance ministry spokesperson Ahmad Wali Haqmal did not disclose the size of the draft budget – which runs until December 2022 – but told AFP on Friday it would go to the cabinet for approval before being published. It comes as the country is mired in economic crisis and faces a looming humanitarian catastrophe the United Nations has called an "avalanche of hunger".
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