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Afghanistan: Taliban warn will ‘reconsider’ policy towards US if assets not freed
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KABUL, 16 February 2022, (TON): The Taliban said “Afghanistan will be forced to reconsider its policy towards the United States unless Washington reverses a decision to freeze part of the country’s assets as compensation for victims of the 9/11 attacks.”
US President Joe Biden last week seized $7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government, aiming to split the funds between compensation for victims of September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and desperately needed aid for post-war Afghanistan.
The move drew an angry response from the country’s new Taliban leaders, which branded the seizure a “theft” and a sign of US “moral decay.”
Monday’s statement, signed by deputy spokesman Inamullah Samangani said “the 9/11 attacks had nothing to do with Afghanistan.”
The statement added “any misappropriation of the property of the Afghan people under the pretext of this incident is a clear violation of the agreement reached with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
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