Taliban’s continued secrecy over the country’s national budget has drawn increasing criticism from citizens and economic experts, who say the lack of transparency is eroding public trust and undermining equitable development.
Since taking power in August 2021, Taliban have not published a national budget, leaving the public in the dark about how tax revenues are collected and spent. The last publicly released budget dates back to February 2021, before the Taliban’s return to power, when the former government projected 311 billion Afghanis in operating expenditures and 261 billion in development spending for the 1400 fiscal year.
