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FCA warns firms on Afghanistan terror financing and money laundering risks

The last US and UK troops have pulled out of Afghanistan

Taliban fighters at Kabul airport after the last US troops departed
Taliban fighters at Kabul airport after the last US troops departed Photo: Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images

The FCA has told financial services firms to be on guard against the risks of money laundering or terror financing linked to the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

The final UK and US troops pulled out of Kabul on 30 August leaving the hardline Islamist group in charge in Kabul after a 20-year war.

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