U.S. taking steps to allow humanitarian aid in Afghanistan to continue

Crowds of people show their documents to U.S. troops outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is taking steps to allow humanitarian work to continue in Afghanistan after the Taliban, blacklisted by Washington, captured Kabul earlier this month.

A U.S. Treasury Department official said President Joe Biden's administration has been in touch with humanitarian partners in Afghanistan in recent days about their ability to continue humanitarian work despite U.S. sanctions on the Taliban.