A run on Afghan's biggest bank | Bangkok Post: business

Afghan officials sought Saturday to head off a run on the country's biggest bank, reassuring customers of Kabul Bank that their money was safe following corruption allegations in US newspapers.

Afghans wait to withdraw money from the Kabul Bank in Kabul on September 2. Branches of Afghanistan's biggest private bank were crowded Saturday morning with government employees queuing to be paid and customers wanting to withdraw their money following corruption allegations.

Branches of Kabul Bank across the country were crowded as anxious depositors joined hundreds of thousands of government employees queuing to collect their salaries, which were being paid through the bank on Saturday.