US banks and money-transfer firms tread carefully in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

US banks and money-transfer firms tread carefully in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan Two major U.S. money-transfer services have suspended payments into Afghanistan, and American banks are more closely scrutinizing transactions with Afghan counterparts, as they await clarity on whether U.S. sanctions on the Taliban apply across the nation now that the Islamist group is in control. https://ift.tt/3DchD7q https://ift.tt/3kj2FnQ August 23, 2021 at 08:28AM