'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,' said Amundson.
, the Biden administration will soon formally announce a plan to make half of the $7 billion available to pay off legal claims by those who lost families members on 9/11 while the other half would be set aside for humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people.
"While it is, of course, understandable that some family members of those killed in the horrific 9/11 attacks want justice, the funds belong to the Afghan people, not the Taliban," Martin told"[Biden] says they'll ask a judge to establish a fund for part of the money to be used for humanitarian purposes in Afghanistan—at some point. But the problem is that more than 22 million Afghans are facing starvation today.
"The U.S. is trying to have it both ways," said Bennis."They claim that the Taliban isn't the legitimate government of Afghanistan so they won't allow the Afghan people's $7 billion in the U.S. central bank to be returned to Afghanistan. But apparently the Taliban government is legitimate enough that U.S. officials can order that same money be used to pay off what the U.S. believes is the Taliban's debt—its U.S.-ordered judgment.
"I think this decision is a disgrace," Leila Murphy, whose father was killed in the World Trade Center during the attacks, told"At a time when so many Afghans are suffering greatly—in a humanitarian crisis that our country helped create—we should be doing everything we can to help ordinary Afghans," she said.
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