Humanitarian relief in Afghanistan will go to the Taliban. How could it not do so? What force is there in Afghanistan that could prevent its seizure by the Taliban?
“Biden to split frozen Afghan funds for 9/11 victims, relief,” by Aamer Madhani, Associated Press, February 11, 2022:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Friday to move some $7 billion of the Afghan central bank’s assets frozen in the U.S. banking system to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision.
The order will require U.S. financial institutions to facilitate access to $3.5 billion of assets for the Afghan relief and basic needs. The other $3.5 billion would remain in the United States and be used to fund ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism, the official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the decision had not been formally announced.
International funding to Afghanistan was suspended and billions of dollars of the country’s assets abroad, mostly in the United States, were frozen after the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August.
The country’s long-troubled economy has been in a tailspin since the Taliban takeover. Nearly 80% of Afghanistan’s previous government’s budget came from the international community. That money, now cut off, financed hospitals, schools, factories and government ministries. Desperation for such basic necessities has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as health care shortages, drought and malnutrition.
somehistory says
Funding terrorism. Simple. And in other news…grass is green unless it’s brown, the sky is blue unless it’s purple, the sun is hot, and people see the moon shine when the earth turns away from the day.
Prices are rising and lies are popular with those who still have unlimited freedom to speak…a.k.a. liars in government, media, tech and medical, etc.
WPM says
Why not all the funds to victims of Islamic terror in the United States? He thinks the Talban is going to fund schools, feed children and open hospitals with the funds ,is he smoking from a government issued crackpipe himself??If the Talban need funds they can sell the over 3 billion dollars of American weapons Biden left over there when he order the military to cut and run leaving many American and western citizens to the “tender” mercies of the Talban.
Wellington says
Always count on the inept, selfish, mendacious and limited Biden to do the wrong thing. Can anyone tell me what he has done right to date?
James Lincoln says
Wellington,
Ah, well… let me see.
Golly gee, there must be something.
I guess I’ll have to get back to you…
Wellington says
Good one, James.
mortimer says
I’ll ‘circle back’ when I find one good thing Biden has done.
Most ‘average Americans’ can’t think of one either … even Bribed-man’s own supporters.
commonsense says
Not long ago, media commentator Dan Bongino asked, on the air, “If Biden were working for the Other Side, what would he have done differently that he hasn’t actually done already?
ApathyRulesTheWorld says
You can bet that some of the 9/11 money will go to muslims who have been victims of “islamophobia” following the 9/11 attack.
WPM says
You got that right I am sure the “some people did something on 911″Omar will be looking for her share of the “booty” for “diversity and equity ” in her Moslem jihad supporting community. She would try to defund any of the money from sick first responders(police, firefighter, EMS) most of them not being Moslem.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s important not to underestimate the callous treachery of Joe Biden.to the victims and surviving family members of those horrendous savage murderous Muslims terrorist attacks which occurred on September 11, 2001,
They should receive all the frozen Afghan funds. None of that money should go to the Taliban . Not even a little bit ,nothing at all.
For this really the same Taliban that gave safe haven and security to al Qaeda [the base] as an actual literal base to scheme those horrible Islamic terror /mass murder attacks on 9/11
It’s the jihadists of al Qaeda and the jihad -minded Taliban who are cut from the same Islamic cloth , which of cloth of non-watered down Qu ‘ran based Islam.
Walter Sieruk says
The fickle double mindedness of Joe Biden is terrible. It’s like he’d attempting to be “on both sides of the fence.”
Biden should on the side of America and the American people only and not in any way or means be on the side of the Taliban in any way. For the Taliban are the committed enemy of America and the American people.
Treereen says
So, without further ado, the Towelie-ban has been legitimised. Nobody calls for “UN supervision” in Afghanistan either. Yep, just give them three and a half billion dollars and trust the largess will be spent on Western-type education, women and minority needs just like in “Palestine” up to now.
mortimer says
When the Taliban re-starts exporting terrorism, NATO will have to return to do the same job a SECOND TIME. You heard it here.
I also warned this forum of the disaster if NATO left. Here it is.
mortimer says
this is the best time for NATO to return and clean out the Taliban for good.
Pray Hard says
All two billion of them?
Terry Gain says
NATO? And tomorrow Justin Trudeau will apologize to the Freedom Convoy and acknowledge that he is the fringe with unacceptable opinions.
If 9/11 couldn’t waken up the government’s of the world nothing will.
Brenrod says
I will wager that a good chunk of these funds will return to biden, dems and rinos as kickbacks and commissions: the real motive!
Pray Hard says
We can always count on Crack Pipe Joe to do the right thing, huh?
OLD GUY says
I wonder what it will take for our political leaders to do something right for a change? They don’t follow their own rules and laws, they blow thru our tax dollars like a kid in a candy store and they seem to have no moral compass.
There is one thing that they are all real good at, giving away and wasting other peoples money, usually for their own benefit.
Just take a hard look at how many of our politicians and Agency Directors have become million aires while supposedly serving the public. Insider trades, appointments to board of directors, bribes and kickbacks through campaign funds and off shore accounts. HEY what’s the problem with that? According to Nancy P. thats the free enterprise. Wrong thats illegal.