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diehardblue

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Fri Feb 11, 2022, 02:51 PM Feb 2022

President Biden to release 9/11, Afghan funds

(CNN)President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday allowing $7 billion in frozen assets from Afghanistan's central bank to be distributed for humanitarian assistance in the country and to victims of the September 11 terror attacks, senior administration officials confirmed Friday.

The funds, held in the US, were frozen following the collapse of the central government in Kabul in August. Half the remaining assets -- $3.5 billion -- will go toward providing relief inside the country, where fears of mass starvation have taken hold in the months since the Taliban took over.

The remaining $3.5 billion will be made available for terror victims, who have been fighting in court for compensation using the frozen funds. Their claims will still be litigated in court.
The New York Times first reported Biden's planned executive order.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/politics/executive-order-afghanistan-9-11-humanitarian-aid/index.html

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President Biden to release 9/11, Afghan funds (Original Post) diehardblue Feb 2022 OP
That will cheese off the Taliban, they are going to have to work a bit harder to pilfer that cash. Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #1
Question. isn't this money the US Government gave to the Afgan Govt to keep them going? nt mitch96 Feb 2022 #2
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