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US judge says 9/11 victims not entitled to Afghan bank assets
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WASHINGTON, 28 August 2022, (TON): A United States judge has recommended that victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court judgements they obtained against the Taliban.
After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, governments and international institutions froze the country’s central bank assets held abroad, totalling about $10bn. About $7bn of that was held in the US and other countries hold about $2bn.
Western governments have refused to recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and the money has remained in limbo. Non-recognition of the Taliban government undermines its ownership of the frozen central bank assets.
Judge Netburn wrote “the Taliban’s victims have fought for years for justice, accountability, and compensation. They are entitled to no less.”
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