Afghan government: We want our money back
Afghanistan disagrees with US seize of $ 7 billion from Afghan Central Bank reserves deposited in the US.
Afghanistan will be “forced to reconsider” its policy toward the US if Washington does not reconsider its decision to confiscate $ 7 billion from Afghan Central Bank reserves, half of which will be compensated for the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, they said. The Taliban on Monday in a statement quoted by France Press.
“The 9/11 attacks have nothing to do with Afghanistan. If the United States does not change its position and continue its provocative actions, the Islamic Emirate will also be forced to reconsider its policy towards the United States, “the Taliban spokesman said in an official statement on Twitter.
US President Joe Biden signed a decree on Friday to seize $ 7 billion from Afghan Central Bank reserves deposited in the United States, half of which went to the victims of the 9/11 attacks and half for humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan, but without that the Taliban having access to these funds, according to AFP.
The Taliban will not have access to the Central Bank’s money reserves held by the Afghan government in the United States, an official in the administration of President Joe Biden assured in August 2021, while most of these funds are outside Afghanistan, France Press.
“The assets of the Central Bank that the Afghan government holds in the USA will not be made available to the Taliban,” the same American official stressed, according to France Press.
The vast majority of Afghan Central Bank’s monetary reserves are not in Afghanistan, a source close to the case told AFP, but did not specify how many of those assets are held in the United States.
By Ovidiu Stanica
