Exclusive: Audit fails to win U.S. backing for release of Afghan central-bank funds
Published on: Thursday 20 July 2023
A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two U.S. officials and a former U.S. official, a move that would help ease the country's financial crisis.
News source: https://www.reuters.com/world/audit-fails-win-us-backing-release-afghan-central-bank-funds-us-officials-2023-07-21/
