{"id":22596,"date":"2026-09-24T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/world-bank-afghanistan-economy-slowing-foreign-aid-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T17:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T17:00:21","slug":"world-bank-afghanistan-economy-slowing-foreign-aid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/24\/world-bank-afghanistan-economy-slowing-foreign-aid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Says Afghanistan Economy Slowing After Foreign Aid Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Bank said in its August report this year that Afghanistan&#8217;s economic activity has slowed as a result of trade disruptions and declining aid, despite inflation remaining stable.<\/p>\n<p>The report said the country&#8217;s trade activity grew in August as exports and imports rose, but the trade deficit also widened, a development that could intensify pressure on the economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank also said the value of the Afghan currency against the dollar increased in August. According to the report, Afghanistan&#8217;s total imports in the month reached $1.19 billion, with food items accounting for the bulk of imported goods.<\/p>\n<p>The institution added that the return of millions of Afghans from Iran and Pakistan has increased pressure on the labour market and public services. The World Bank is one of the main international bodies that periodically assesses and reports on Afghanistan&#8217;s economic situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Bank says Afghanistan&#8217;s economy slowed in August as foreign aid fell, trade disruptions deepened and the trade deficit widened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}