johan20090 schreef op 21 december 2021 18:14:
Releasing US$9.5 billion in frozen assets can’t help the Afghan people as long as the Taliban remain in power
Afghanistan is in a major humanitarian crisis: the health sector is failing, the economy is collapsing, and amid the COVID pandemic, famine is inflicting ever-larger numbers of casualties. According to the most recent report by the UN World Food Programme, more than half of the resident population of 38 million are facing acute hunger and 3.2 million children under five suffer from malnutrition.
Droughts, combined with the suspension of foreign aid in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover, have led to a dire economic situation, with recent reports indicating that some families in the northwest are selling their children out of desperation. Food and fuel prices are soaring.
More Sept. 11 Victims Who Sued the Taliban Want Frozen Afghan Funds
The Biden administration was set to tell a court what it thinks should happen, but obtained a delay until Jan. 28.
Interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani on a US terrorism list is wanted for questioning in connection with the January 2008 attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed six people
www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorinfo/sirajud...