Amir Khan Mottaki and Tom West visit
The Taliban government has once again called on the United States to release Afghanistan’s frozen assets.
The Taliban’s foreign minister has told the US special envoy that any seizure of Afghan assets would adversely affect relations between the two countries.
State Department Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West has not yet commented on his meeting with the Taliban delegation yesterday (March 11).
The Taliban’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Mottaki, has called on the United States to release 7 billion in Da Afghanistan Bank funds to charities.
Nearly a month ago, US President Joe Biden announced that half of Afghanistan’s 7 billion frozen assets in the United States would be set aside for the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, with the remaining 3.5 billion going to the United Nations. Gives to agencies to spend on aid to the poor people of Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s foreign ministry said in a statement on March 11 that Mottaki and his entourage had demanded at a bilateral meeting with the West in Antalya, Turkey, that the money should not be transferred to the aid community. Can’t be done.
“This is backed by the central bank of Afghanistan and is not the private property of individuals,” Mottaki told reporters after the meeting. It doesn’t work. ”
The State Department said in a statement that Amir Khan Mottaki had told the US special envoy that any seizure of Afghan assets would adversely affect relations between the two countries.
