The takeover cut development funding, froze foreign-held central bank assets and placed restrictions on the banking sector.
The Taliban administration’s decision last year to bar most female NGO workers from work prompted many aid agencies to partially suspend operations, while millions of people depend on humanitarian aid.
The Taliban have said they are focused on increasing economic self-reliance through trade and investment. Some foreign investors have expressed concern over a series of attacks, including one on a hotel popular with Chinese businessmen, claimed by the Islamic State.
However, the World Bank has also noted that exports have increased and that the Taliban administration has managed to keep revenues largely stable in 2022.