Biden Continues to Bungle Afghanistan

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Biden Continues to Bungle Afghanistan

Last week, the Biden administration announced it will redistribute $7 billion in frozen assets that belong to the Afghanistan Central Bank, giving half to a trust fund supporting relatives of victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the other half to a trust fund to support the humanitarian needs of the Afghan people.

By Jennifer B. Murtazashvili

Published on Feb 14, 2022

The National Interest

About the Author

Jennifer B. Murtazashvili

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Recent Work

Commentary
Central Asia Wants U.S. Investments. It Is Less Sure About U.S. Conditions.
- Jennifer B. Murtazashvili
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Continental Asia and the Rise of Portfolio Politics
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Biden Continues to Bungle Afghanistan