5 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The US Government has announced the extension for one year of the current state of alert of the US institutions in view of the threat that the current humanitarian and security crisis that Afghanistan is going through, under the control of the Taliban fundamentalist movement, may represent for the country.
Due to this state of alert, the US government declares itself capable of keeping the assets of the Afghan Central Bank in the hands of US financial institutions before the Taliban recapture of the country in August 2021.
“The widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the potential for economic collapse continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” the White House said in a statement issued late this month. last Saturday.
The Taliban have been asking the United States for months to unfreeze those assets in order to solve the country’s humanitarian crisis themselves. Washington does not recognize the fundamentalist movement at the head of the country and fears that these funds will be used to finance terrorism.
“The preservation of certain Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) properties held by US financial institutions is of paramount importance in addressing this national emergency and the well-being of the people of Afghanistan,” the White House added.
For this reason, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has decided to extend the current state of alert for one year, until February 11, 2024, in accordance with the note on the decree, which invokes the so-called Economic Powers Act. International Emergency.
