The Biden administration said on Friday that it’s giving half of the frozen $7 billion in funds belonging to the Afghan people to families of 9/11 victims
last summer. Afghan currency has plummeted in value, banks have restricted withdrawal amounts, unemployment has risen following the departure of U.S. forces, and millions of refugees seek to avoid starvation. The administration said it would ask a judge to approve $3.5 billion going into a trust fund to be distributed to those who need it, while preventing the Taliban — which has claimed rights to the funds — from getting its hands on it.
“I can’t think of a worse betrayal of the people of Afghanistan than to freeze their assets and give it to 9/11 families,” Barry Amundson, whose brother was killed on 9/11, told the. “While 9/11 families are seeking justice for their loss through these suits, I fear that the end result of seizing this money will be to cause further harm to innocent Afghans who have already suffered greatly.”
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