DAB Leadership Holds Meeting with the high ranking officials of Commercial Banks

Aug 29, 2021- a meeting was held with the officials of commercial banks in head office of the central bank chaired by Mula Abdul Qahir (Mohammad Edris), the acting Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank.

Banking operations, security of commercial banks and finding out solutions to the problems were among the issues discussed in this meeting. During the meeting, the acting Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank provided assurance of cooperation to the commercial banks and said that the doors of the central bank are always open to the officials of commercial banks.

Mr. Abdul Qahir mentioned that the official letter issued to the ABA is on temporary basis and the banks will resume their normal operations gradually. It is worth mentioning that as per the above letter, the banks are required to pay USD 200 or AFN 20,000 to their customers once in a week.

It has to be noted that in addition to DAB management, ABA officials, NKB officials, BMA officials and officials of Ghazanfar Bank, Pashtany Bank, Afghanistan International Bank, Azizi Bank, Maiwand Bank, Afghan United Bank, Islamic Bank of Afghanistan, Alfalah Bank, FMFB and Pakistan National Bank also participated in this meeting.