Afghanistan Frozen Assets

US judge: 9/ 11 victims not entitled to seize Afghanistan's frozen funds

Judge Sarah Netburn says victims of September 11, 2001 attacks should not be able to tap into some of the $7 billion of Afghan central bank assets frozen since Taliban's return to power a year ago.

Dozens of economists urge US to free Afghanistan's frozen assets

Some 71 economists, including Nobel prize winners, ask Washington to return $7 billion to Kabul, saying over half of the poor country's population faces acute food insecurity and three million children are at risk of malnutrition.