Articles by: Sarah Lazare

Millions of Afghans Are Starving as US Stalls on Returning Central Bank Funds

Millions of Afghans Are Starving as US Stalls on Returning Central Bank Funds

In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and, in response, Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States froze the Afghan central bank’s roughly[Read More…]

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