In an interview with Bloomberg, Ajmal Ahmady, governor of Da Afghan Bank, observed the majority of the central bank’s more than $9 billion in assets were frozen by the U.S. following the fall of Kabul to Taliban forces...Last week, the International Monetary Fund said the Taliban has been prevented from accessing reserve assets worth about $500 million. Afghanistan functions primarily as a cash economy, but the Afghani, the nation's currency, is not accepted for cross-border trade, while an informal transfer system known as hawala doesn’t function efficiently in a modern financial environment.Ahamdy predicted the Taliban will “probably try to go...