KABUL (Pajhwok): The Taliban government has urged American lawmakers to help unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets frozen by the US and other Western countries.
In an open letter to the US Congress on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi called for the release of Afghanistan’s reserves.
Muttaqi warned of a mass refugee exodus from Afghanistan unless the US unblocked the frozen assets and lifted other financial sanctions against the country.
The US and its allies seized more than $9 billion of assets belonging to the Da Afghanistan Bank after the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August.
Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper . . .
