Taliban: US 'usurping' Afghanistan's assets

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 17, 2022 12:10 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: Taliban authorities accused the United States on Thursday (Friday in Manila) 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.

When the Taliban stormed back to power in August last year, the US froze $7 billion in central bank assets, exacerbating a poverty crisis caused by the collapse of the old regime and suspension of foreign aid.

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