Taliban Say They Will Start To Pay Afghan Government Workers Their Salaries

DW: Afghanistan: Taliban to start paying public employees 

Amid a mounting economic crisis, the Taliban has pledged to pay three months' worth of lost wages to public employees. The group boasted of new revenue, but did not specify where it came from. 

The Taliban government said on Saturday that it had begun paying government employees who had been without their salaries since the Islamist group seized power in Kabul in August. The takeover sparked a major financial crisis. 

 "We are going to start paying salaries from today. We will pay three months' salaries," Ahmad Wali Haqmal, spokesman for the Finance Ministry said at a press conference. 

The payment will be made available through the country's banking system. But it remains unclear if the funds will reach those who need it. 

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Update #1: Taliban to start paying overdue salaries of Afghan government workers (Reuters)  

Update #2: Taliban intends to pay three months salaries of government employees (Khaama Press)  

WNU Editor: I presume they are going to pay these government workers with Afghan Afghanis that have become worthless with inflation and a banking system that has collapsed. Here is an easy prediction. Most of these workers are not going to get paid.

Update #3: Exclusive-U.N. warns of 'colossal' collapse of Afghan banking system (Reuters).