An Afghan money changer holds a stack of Iranian currency at Khorasan market in Herat, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. The value of Afghanistan’s currency is tumbling, exacerbating an already severe economic crisis and deepening poverty in a country where more than half the population already doesn’t have enough to eat. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Kabul: On Friday, Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the Taliban government has prepared a draft of the national budget. This is the first time in two decades when the national budget is funded without foreign aid. The finance ministry spokesman, Ahmad Wali Haqmal, did not reveal the size of the draft budget until it was approved by the cabinet.

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