Afghanistan receives another batch of 40 mln USD cash aid

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Afghanistan receives another batch of 40 mln USD cash aid

STORY: Afghanistan receives another batch of 40 mln USD cash aid DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul 2. various of a money exchange market 3. various of currencies 4. various of pedestrian 5. shot of a fountain STORYLINE: Afghanistan on Tuesday received another batch of 40 million U.S. dollars of cash aid aimed at bolstering the country's impoverished economy, said a statement from the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country's central bank. "The Da Afghanistan Bank receives a batch of 40 million U.S. dollars in cash today and was deposited to a commercial bank," the statement said. In the statement, DAB also called for money transfer via banking system, noting that Afghanistan's central bank wants to have financial transactions with all the banks and monetary entities across the globe. The injection of cash as humanitarian assistance by the international community to DAB over the past year reporte

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