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Afghanistan has $7 billion in govt reserves in NY that's blocked bc its govt collapsed. Some 9/11 victims want to seize the $ to pay off an old lawsuit judgment against the Taliban. If Biden admin backs them, they'll redirect some to food/medical aid. nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-911-families-frozen-funds.html
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Update: Other groups of 9/11 victim relatives want a share of the Afghan govt assets too, if they are going to be distributed for that purpose--it's starting to get testy. A judge granted a 2-month delay for Biden admin to say what it thinks should happen. nytimes.com/2021/12/02/us/politics/9-11-families-taliban-funds.html
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Update: Biden administration, facing deadline of tomorrow to tell a court what it thinks should happen to the Afghan Central Bank reserves the 9/11 families want to seize, has asked for another two-week delay. pacer-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/119/241306/127130586222.pdf