Taliban accuses US of 'usurping' Afghan assets after Washington revealed plans to set up a Swiss-based Afghan Fund to manage $3.5 billion of its seized reserves
Taliban slams upcoming Geneva-based Afghan Fund as"illegal venture", saying external trust set up by Washington to manage $3.5 billion of its seized reserves amounts to usurpation.
Taliban authorities have accused the United States of having usurped Afghan assets after Washington revealed plans to set up an external fund to manage $3.5 billion of its seized national reserves. "We consider it an invasion on the property of Afghans," he added. "The United States is not the owner of these assets."Washington's confirmation on Wednesday came days afterrevealed the US plan to deposit Afghan funds at the Bank of International Settlements and have the money distributed under a third-party monitoring system.
Earlier this year US President Joe Biden revealed a plan to split the cash, with half for aid to Afghanistan and half going to victims of the 9/11 terror attacks that prompted the US-led invasion.
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