$3.5 billion of frozen Afghan money will now be distributed to the families of 9/11 victims rather than given back to the people of Afghanistan.
The Biden administration need not make it worse than it already is by taking the money at a time of great hardship for the Afghan people.
The seizing of Afghan assets will worsen the suffering of Afghan women and children.
Joe Biden and his inner circle of aging Beltway sadists are going to steal half the money from a country on the brink of starvation.
In late December, the U.S. extended and clarified its waivers for aid, including development funding. This must be given too, but carefully.
Among all the global and regional crises, the U.S.’ withdrawal from Afghanistan became the most important development of 2021.
The latest Gallup poll has indicated that Biden’s score of 43% among all voters has not changed since last September.
If a humanitarian crisis is to be averted, the U.S. and EU will need to step up and save Afghanistan from impending catastrophe.
In Afghanistan, the economic crisis has been compounded by the pandemic, a severe drought, the loss of foreign aid and frozen currency reserves.
The 'irresponsible withdrawal' from Afghanistan was a 'moral collapse where the lessons of 9/11 were never listened to' in the rush to get out.
No negligence, no misconduct and no poor leadership? At this rate, impunity will be thy name, America.
By invading Afghanistan, Britain and the U.S. began a fight they could not finish. By leaving in a panic, they precipitated another disaster.