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Afghanistan
US Establishes Trust with $3.5B in Frozen Afghan Funds to Skirt Taliban
2022-09-17
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Biden administration moved Wednesday to establish a foundation for managing $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan funds, according to sources, skirting Taliban
...Arabic for students...
in their efforts to having hands on what is known to be the last shot to stabilize country’s economy.

This came a month after, United States President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
’s administration said it will press ahead with talks on releasing billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s foreign-held assets, after continued pressures by the international community.

With Several international partners, the US government announced the creation of a foundation based in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
that will use the money help address the unfolding economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where more than half of the population are starving.

"Pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14064, President Biden set a policy of enabling $3.5 billion of Afghan central bank reserves to be used for the benefit of the people of Afghanistan while keeping them out of the hands of the Taliban and other malign actors," said US Treasury department in statement.

"The Afghan Fund will protect, preserve, and make targeted disbursements of that $3.5 billion to help provide greater stability to the Afghan economy," the statement further said.
Posted by:Fred

#7  ^ 😁
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-17 12:07  

#6  Sending 3 divisions of IRS agents to Afghanistan to audit the Taliban's Capital Gains Tax does put a smile on my face.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-17 12:04  

#5  How about we just take their shit like they do to us US citizens. Can't wait to see all these bastards die and hope it hurts.
Posted by: Chris   2022-09-17 11:37  

#4  Sooo....they freeze 3.5B, then set up a trust of 3.5B which the frozen 3.5B can borrow against?

I'm sure at 0% interest, culturally sensitive and all.

*Raises hand*
Question. It looks to me like the policy is to pay off/buy out local interests as an international foreign policy - Syria, Egypt, Libya Ukraine, Afghan, Africa Horn, just shoveling it out.

So...what happens when the dollar becomes comparatively worthless? Print off another Trillion in 'Infrastructure' to make up the difference, but obviously there is a spiral there, and C-130s can only carry so many pallets of cash.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-09-17 11:26  

#3  

It's all V-$$$$.
With inflation being what it is, it has already 15 to 22+% of it value, just being in the DC Swamp's hands.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-09-17 06:34  

#2  stability to the Afghan economy,


Errr... that would be the Taliban economy.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-09-17 00:33  

#1  It's American taxpayer money. Put it back in the Treasury. (But there is no graft in that)
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-09-17 00:20  

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