Posted on 08/18/2021 10:40:31 PM PDT by ransomnote
After the humiliating exit of American troops, the US Treasury has frozen $9.4 billion of Afghanistan‘s Central Bank reserves.
The Taliban’s declaration that it had taken control of Afghanistan on Monday put central bank watchers around the world on alert.
The nation’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank, held $9.4 billion in international reserves as of April, according to the International Monetary Fund.
International observers are concerned about what the Taliban would do with the funds if it got its hands on the central bank’s assets.
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Probably give it to Iran for safekeeping.
So what? They should have got our people and equipment out
Great idea, with thousands of Americans stranded in Afghanistan by your incompetence.
What if I were a hostage, and I didn’t have the demonrats around to enrage my captors? The horror; the horror.
That’s almost a billion dollars for the “Big Guy”!
There was a little footnote in an earlier story that said the plane that brings fresh currency to Kabul twice a month was sched for the day Kabul fell and thus did not fly. The story further related that Kabuls currency reserves are depleted and without that flight, the Taliban will be insolvent other than what they carry , within the week, leading to instant hyper-inflation and a rapid breakdown of social order in Kabul.
Schadenfreude.
Regards,
Count on China to step in.
The U.S. dollar is backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government, which has just suffered a humiliating military and diplomatic defeat at the hands of 8th-century religious fanatics.
The Afghan currency, on the other hand, is backed up by the "full faith and credit" of a victorious regime which is holding Biden's nut-sack (thousands of potential hostages) in its fist.
Which currency would you trust more?
Regards,
Taliban will get their money by trading hostages. Count on it.
When the Taliban start parading American hostages around that money will be immediately unfrozen.
That’s what it will cost to get our Americans back from these bearded, unwashed animals.
Seems the Democrats have a bad habit of funding our enemies with bribes for hostages, etc. - Iran - Obama BILLIONS; JFK and the Bay of Pigs POWS - millions/trucks, etc; Carter- Iran US hostages - who knows how much they paid them for their release.
No. Korea, E. Germany, Soviet Union/Russia, Red China, Communist Vietnam - holding US citizens as hostages.
Do I see a pattern of appeasement and bribery here?
Frozen assets?
PLEASE don’t make me laugh!
And EVERY member of Congress is working feverishly on new “bills” that’ll get that cash funneled right back to THEM.
THAT is what our government is ALL about these days.
It will be turned over for ransom payment of US citizens.
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