US Seizes $7 Billion Afghan's Frozen Assets Amid Taliban's Outcry

The United States has seized $7 billion in Afghanistan's frozen assets belonging to the previous administration on Friday.

The U.S. President, Joe Biden said he aims to split the funds between 9/11 victims and aid for Afghanistan.

The seizure of the assets drew an angry response from Afghanistan's Taliban that has described the seizure as a theft.

After the claims, Taliban's spokesperson Mohammad Naeem said that; "The theft and seizure of money frozen by the United States of the Afghan people represent the lowest level of the human and moral decay of a country and a nation."

The money, which is reported to largely stem from foreign assistance once sent to help the now-defunct Western-backed Afghan government had been stuck in the New York Federal Reserve since last year's Taliban victory.

However, with appalling poverty gripping the country after decades of war and the previous government's rampant corruption, the United States is trying to find ways to assist, while side-stepping the Taliban.

The White House said in a statement that;

"President Biden will seek to channel $3.5 billion of the frozen funds into a humanitarian aid trust for the benefit of the Afghan people and Afghanistan's future."