Washington: After Kabul fell into the hands of the Taliban, the US took steps to distance cash from the Taliban.
The US Treasury has taken steps to prevent cash reserves managed by the Federal Reserve and other US banks from the hands of the Taliban, officials told CNN.
CNN reported earlier this week that the collapse of the sudden Afghan government on Sunday had raised questions from several previous administrative veterans about the assets of Central Bank Afghanistan and whether there was money that could end up in the hands of the Taliban.
“Great majority” of the assets of the Afghan central bank were not held in Afghanistan, a US official who was familiar with the problem to CNN.
Assets in the US basically have been blocked by the reach of the Taliban.
Separately, Biden Administrative Officials said on Sunday that whatever assets possessed by the Afghan government in the United States would not be available for the Taliban.
Meanwhile, the White House believes that the Taliban will not restore US weapons arrested from Afghan forces.
During a press conference in Washington, Sullivan said that Biden’s administration believed that the “fair amount” of the US weapons given to Afghanistan was in the ownership of the Taliban, and they did not expect them to be returned to the US.
“We don’t have a complete, clear picture, where every article of defense material has been lost but of course, the fair amount has fallen into the hands of the Taliban, and obviously, we don’t have the feeling that they will easily submit it to us at the airport,” he added .
The terror group took control of Afghanistan on Sunday after entering the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
Taliban leaders are discussing future government plans in Doha and relating to the international community and intra-Afghanistan parties to form a government in Afghanistan.
The world observes ongoing situations in Afghanistan when countries have rushed to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan in an effort to secure their people.
The ongoing US effort to keep cash from the Taliban
