The money belongs to afghanistan central bank. The united states froze the funds when the talibon took over the country last year. Now there are some negotiations where, you know, talibon and the us. Government are on the table deciding what to do about this money.
The US froze billions in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves when the Taliban took control. Now it’s wrestling with how to trust the Taliban with the Afghan people’s money.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin with help from Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez and Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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