Taliban warn of mass refugee exodus if US retains funds frozen

The Taliban’s high diplomat warned of an Afghan refugee exodus if the US continues to dam the discharge of some $9 billion of the nation’s belongings.
“We are concerned that if the current situation prevails, the Afghan government and people will face problems and will become a cause for mass migration in the region and world,” Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s performing overseas minister, mentioned in an open letter to the US Congress. It can even exacerbate the humanitarian disaster, he mentioned.
The assertion comes shortly earlier than the United Nations Security Council holds a gathering to handle the Afghan disaster. The nation’s financial system is reeling because the Taliban struggles to stabilize Afghanistan’s funds, with the World Food Program saying greater than half of the inhabitants faces acute meals insecurity.
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Muttaqi additionally mentioned that Afghanistan is now safe below the Taliban management, posing no risk to the world and keen to interact in constructive cooperation. He urged the US to put money into the manufacturing, agriculture and mining sectors of the nation.
The US had blocked the belongings on issues in regards to the militant group’s continued hyperlinks with terrorism, human rights abuses and failure to construct an inclusive authorities.

As many as 5,000 Afghans already illegally cross the border to succeed in Iran day by day, with 300,000 having arrived within the nation since August, in response to a Nov. 10 report by the Norwegian Refugee Council. More than three tens of millions Afghan refugees are already in Iran and different 1.5 million in neighboring Pakistan.