KABUL (Pajhwok): A UN official has called for the return of Afghanistan’s foreign reserve frozen by the Biden administration.
UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan Ramiz Alakbarov made a pitch for the immediate release of the $7 billion Afghan central bank’s asset on Monday.
A Russian media outlet quoted him as saying: "We need to have these assets returned to Afghanistan. I know that there are negotiations which are going on about those returns …”
Stressing the need for flexibility on both sides, Alakbarov explained the world body was not involved in the negotiations on the return of the funds . . .
