Washington: Despite the tension created by the presence and death of Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, the United States has indicated negotiations with the Taliban government for the recovery of frozen assets.
According to the international news organization, the United States expressed its strong displeasure at the presence of the highly wanted al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, calling it a violation of the Doha negotiations.
Previously, the US administration has been critical of the Taliban government in Afghanistan for women's jobs, girls' education and lack of representation in the cabinet of all classes, and was also unhappy with the attitude of the Afghan Central Bank.
It was felt that for these reasons, the US would refuse to negotiate with the Taliban government on the frozen Afghan assets, but despite all the differences and reservations, the negotiations regarding the release of billions of dollars of frozen assets in foreign countries of Afghanistan. It has been indicated to proceed.
According to the US administration, this decision has been made to help restore Afghanistan's devastated economy. The country is facing worst unemployment and inflation. Floods have also wreaked havoc and the United Nations has warned that half of the country's nearly 40 million people will face severe food shortages as winter approaches.
It should be remembered that when the Taliban came to power last year, the United States paralyzed the Afghan currency and Afghanistan's banking system and froze Afghanistan's assets of 7 billion dollars in the American Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and in February of this year, Joe Biden Half of the money was announced to be given to the Afghan people and half to the 9/11 victims.
