Nominee of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for the United Nations Suhail Shaheen reacted to the US president Joe Biden’s decision over allocating $3.5 billion to the victims of 9/11 and said the reserve only belongs to the people of Afghanistan.
“Reserve of Da Afghanistan Bank-Afghanistan Central Bank- does not belong to governments or factions but it is property of the people of Afghanistan. It is only used for implementation of monetary policy, facilitation of trade and boosting of the financial system of the country.” Reads a Twitter post of Shaheen.
Suhail Shaheen added that the money has never been used for any other purpose but the ones mentioned.
Referring to the $3.5 billion still frozen in the US banks, Shaheen criticized that freezing and disbursement of the money for any other purpose is injustice and not acceptable to the people of Afghanistan.
The decision by Joe Biden has been attacked by everyone in Afghanistan and the common people have accused the US president of stealing the money of impoverished people of Afghanistan.
