Afghanistan received $1.009 billion in assistance in 2025, the Taliban’s Economy Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday after a coordination meeting with United Nations agencies and international partners.
According to the ministry, $590 million of that amount was spent on projects, while the remainder was allocated to salaries, benefits, offices, equipment and other administrative expenses.
The meeting was attended by Indrika Ratwatte, the deputy special representative of the United Nations in Afghanistan, heads of UN agencies in the country, representatives of the European Union and other international organizations, the statement said.
Din Mohammad Haneef, the Taliban’s minister of economy, thanked the United Nations, the European Union and other international partners for supporting the Afghan people during what he described as difficult years.
He said Afghanistan in 2025 faced economic, social and climate-related challenges, including the impact of natural disasters and climate change, the forced return of more than two million migrants from neighboring countries, the continuation of sanctions and the freezing of foreign exchange reserves, and what he called an unprecedented reduction in development and humanitarian aid.
Those factors, he said, had directly affected vulnerable segments of the population.
Haneef added that the authorities had sought to maintain relative economic stability and improve growth compared with the previous year through measures such as strengthening economic management, supporting domestic production, encouraging public and private investment in job-creating sectors, stabilizing the currency, expanding exports, implementing national infrastructure projects and increasing domestic revenues.
The statement also said the United Nations had played an effective role in responding to urgent humanitarian needs.
At the same time, it cited data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs showing that humanitarian funding declined significantly in 2025. Of the $2.4 billion requested, only 36 percent — about $870 million — had been secured.
United Nations agencies have not yet publicly commented on the meeting.
