Pakistan calls on world powers to unblock billions of dollars in Afghan assets frozen after the Taliban takeover but says it did not expect recognition soon of the new government
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi sits with Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN Munir Akram as they speak to AFP on the sidelines of the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 20, 2021
Ahead of talks on Afghanistan at the UN General Assembly, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the most urgent priority was averting an even deeper economic collapse of the neighbouring nation that could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. "I think freezing the assets is not helping the situation. I would strongly urge the powers that be that they should revisit that policy and think of an unfreeze," he said.
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