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Biden releases $7bn in frozen Afghan funds to split between 9/11 families and aid
Money would go toward humanitarian efforts for Afghan people and to US victims of terrorism, keeping it out of hands of Taliban
Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday releasing $7bn in frozen Afghan reserves to be split between humanitarian efforts for the Afghan people and American victims of terrorism, including relatives of 9/11.
In a highly unusual move, the convoluted plan is designed to tackle a myriad of legal bottlenecks stemming from the 2001 terrorist attacks and the chaotic end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan, which ignited a humanitarian and political crisis, the New York times reports.
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