Azizi Bank
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Native name | عزیزی بانک |
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| Company type | Private |
| Founded | June 2006 |
| Headquarters | Wazir Akbar Khan, , |
Key people | Mirwais Azizi |
Number of employees | 1,326[1] |
| Website | www |
Azizi Bank is one of the largest commercial banks in Afghanistan. It has 56 branches including extension counters and around 88 automated teller machines across Afghanistan.[1] The bank opened on June 13, 2006, and is headquartered in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan.[2] Mirwais Azizi is the founder and chairman of the bank.
Azizi Bank currently has around 1,326 employees, 12% of whom are females.[1][3] During the 2021 Taliban offensive, some members of the Taliban escorted female employees of Azizi Bank in Kandahar and ordered them not to return to work.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Our Profile". Azizi Bank. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Azizi Bank". Afghanistan Banks Association. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Azizi Bank. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Afghan female bank employees forced out of jobs as Taliban takes control". Al Arabiya Network. Reuters. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
Further reading[edit]
- "Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan". Time. December 4, 2006.
- "Life's a lottery in the new Afghanistan". Sydney Morning Herald. September 18, 2006.
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