Afghanistan Emergency Drags On: Assets Frozen, Aid Flows
Published Date: 1/26/2026
Presidential Document
Summary
The U.S. is extending its national emergency over Afghanistan’s serious humanitarian crisis and economic troubles for another year, keeping important Afghan bank assets frozen to protect victims and support Afghan people. This means the U.S. will keep working to help with food, water, health, and shelter needs while preventing economic collapse through February 11, 2027. The decision affects Afghan citizens, U.S. financial institutions, and victims of terrorism with ongoing legal claims.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
National Emergency Extended One Year
The President continued the national emergency declared on February 11, 2022, for one more year beyond February 11, 2026, extending it through February 11, 2027. This keeps in place the emergency authorities tied to that declaration while the humanitarian crisis and risk of economic collapse in Afghanistan persist.
Afghan Central Bank Assets Remain Blocked
Property of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) that is held in the United States remains blocked under Executive Order 14064. The notice says those blocked assets are being preserved in part because various parties, including representatives of victims of terrorism, have asserted legal claims against them.
Humanitarian Support for Afghans Continued
The United States will continue actions to help meet urgent needs in Afghanistan — including food security, livelihoods, water, sanitation, health, hygiene, and shelter — while working to prevent a deepening economic collapse through February 11, 2027. The extension is intended to support the welfare of the people of Afghanistan during that period.
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