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Taliban transfer to Finance Ministry USD 18 mn seized from previous regime
Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that they transferred nearly $18 million from the central bank of Afghanistan - Da Afghanistan Bank- to the Ministry of Finance on Sunday, Khaama Press reported.
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Da Afghanistan Bank, in a statement, said that the cash was seized from officials of the previous government in Kabul, Panjshir, Khost, and Logar provinces.Â
In the meantime, the statement adds that a relatively large amount of gold has also been seized that is now kept in the central bank.Â
Earlier, the Taliban confirmed confiscating more than $6.5 million and 18 gold bricks from the house of former Vice President Amrullah Saleh and handed them over to the Da Afghanistan Bank, Pajhwok News reported. Â
Recently, Mullah Shahabuddin Delawar, a Taliban member, told TOLOnews that they had found one million dollars each in two different places of the Presidential Palace. Â
A video went viral on social media, in which a person says: "This is the house of Amrullah Saleh when we came here, we found $105,000 and we handed them over to the governor."
The man said: "Today we found $6.2 million and nearly 18 gold bricks and we will hand them over to our leaders."Â Â
The video clip shows several people counting and taking pictures of dollars bundles and gold bricks, the report says. Â
The location of Saleh's house was not specified in the video clip, but it shows it is in Panjshir province. Â
The Taliban launched attacks on the province about two weeks ago and gained control of the province on September 6. Â
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