US Sanctions Afghanistan, Wonders Why They Need Aid
Al-Monitor reports that UN aid to Afghanistan is falling short, leading to widespread malnutrition and projected deaths, especially among children. They attribute the dwindling aid to the US withdrawal in 2021 and 'multiple natural calamities.' What they fail to scrutinize is the devastating impact of the Biden administration's decision, announced by President Biden himself on February 11, 2022,
to freeze $7 billion in Afghan central bank assets – half to be allocated to 9/11 victims, and half to remain in US banks for 'humanitarian aid' that rarely reaches the starving populace. So, as the World Food Programme can’t provide 'effective aid,' and millions face starvation, one might wonder: where did those 'natural calamities' learn to weaponize bank accounts? It seems the deepest 'crisis'
is the global amnesia regarding who actually holds Afghanistan's money.