The US does not plan to unfreeze the financial assets of Afghanistan after the G20 meeting

The White House said that the United States has become the largest donor providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and intends to continue to work in this direction.

The G20 virtual meeting on Afghanistan did not lead to a change in the US position on the freezing of the financial assets of the former Afghan government. This was stated on Tuesday at a regular briefing by White House spokesman Jen Psaki.

“No, nothing has changed here,” she said, answering the relevant question.

At the same time, Psaki stressed that the United States has become the largest donor providing humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, and intends to continue working in this direction.

On August 15, the US administration froze the state reserves of the Afghan government in American banks so that representatives of the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) could not get access to them. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have also cut off all aid to Kabul. The total amount of frozen funds is about $ 9.5 billion.