CT-GL-14

Summary

General License No. 14 authorizes transactions involving the Taliban or the Haqqani Network that are ordinarily incident and necessary to the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan or other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan. The authorization extends to specified entities and their employees, grantees, contractors, or other persons acting on their behalf, including the U.S. Government, NGOs, the United Nations, and several international financial and humanitarian organizations. Certain categories of transactions are explicitly excluded from this authorization.

Authorized activities

• Transactions ordinarily incident and necessary to the provision of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan
• Activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan
• Transactions by the United States Government and its employees, grantees, contractors, or other persons acting on their behalf
• Transactions by nongovernmental organizations and their employees, grantees, contractors, or other persons acting on their behalf
• Transactions by the United Nations, including its Programmes, Funds, and Other Entities and Bodies, as well as its Specialized Agencies and Related Organizations
• Transactions by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Transactions by the African Development Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group), including any fund entity administered or established by any of the foregoing
• Transactions by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Transactions by the Islamic Development Bank

Conditions

The license does not authorize: (1) financial transfers to any blocked person described in paragraph (a), other than for payment of taxes, fees, import duties, or purchase/receipt of permits, licenses, or public utility services; (2) any debit to an account on the books of a U.S. financial institution of any blocked person described in paragraph (a); or (3) any transactions or activities otherwise prohibited by the GTSR, FTOSR, any other part of 31 CFR chapter V, or E.O. 13224, as amended. Additionally, nothing in the license relieves any person from compliance with any other Federal laws or requirements of other Federal agencies.