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The US is withholding the billions in Afghan reserves despite warnings that millions could starve
Carrying signs that read “Let us eat” and “Give us our frozen money,” hundreds of Afghans marched in Kabul on Tuesday calling for the US to release billions in Afghan government reserves as the country is facing a dire humanitarian crisis.
The Associated Press reported that the protesters marched towards the shuttered US embassy in Kabul, with the Taliban providing security.
In August, after the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government, the US froze approximately $9 billion in Afghan reserves. On top of the frozen funds, the US maintains sanctions on Taliban leaders, discouraging international financial institutions from doing business with the Taliban-led government.
