^ I think the USA is blocking $7bn...
Had a conversation with an Friend of mine from Afghanistan today, and he’s very concerned about their economic future more than their security. The US are blocking access to the reserves in Afghan banks..
The state workers want to work, the Government want to pay them, but the US has blocked access to the Afghanistan bank reserves.
This will not end well.
Anyone else know more about this??
The drone fired a kinetic hellfire missile that has blades and no explosive warhead.
The explosion was the detonation of the munitions the target vehicle was carrying.
Do you think they should be unfrozen now ? Folks seem to be starving ?
I've read a few opinions pieces on Al Jazeera that argue that western governments recognise that they'll need to have some sort of relationship with the Taliban regime even if they don't formally recognise it. The problem is engaging in any form of diplomacy without upsetting an electorate who largely view the Taliban as terrorists.
There's no doubt in my mind that the Taliban are a disaster - for women and LGBTQ people in particular - but diplomacy isn't about only talking to the nice people unfortunately.