The U.S. Treasury Department has told international banks and aid groups that they are allowed to transfer money to Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes without violating sanctions on the Taliban. In guidance issued on Wednesday, officials said that banks can process transactions for use in delivering humanitarian assistance “including clearing, settlement, and transfers through, to, or otherwise involving privately owned and state-owned Afghan depository institutions.” It added that NGOs can “make salary support or stipend payments directly to health care workers, such as doctors at public hospitals or health care workers at community clinics.” The department also authorized engagement with the Taliban and the Haqqani Network—which has been designated a terrorist organization and blacklisted by the United States—to facilitate such transactions and for humanitarian aid coordination. “Similarly, even to the extent doing so would involve transacting with the Taliban and/or Haqqani Network, NGOs can make such salary support or stipend payments directly to teachers, including teachers at …