US abolished mass delivery of dollars to Afghanistan so that they do not get into the hands of the Taliban, writes The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources.
According to their data, the decision was made last week, before the militants entered Kabul.
Also, Washington blocks the access of Taliban to the accounts of the Afghan government, which are managed by the Federal Reserve System and other US financial organizations. “Any assets of the Central Bank, which the Afghan government owns in the United States will not be available to the Taliban,” said the newspaper representative of the US administration.
On the freezing of reserves of the Government of Afghanistan, stored in US accounts, also reported The Washington Post and Bloomberg. According to WP, access was blocked to billions of dollars. Sources of the newspaper reported that the decision was made by the Minister of Finance Janet Yelevlen, as well as the Office of Control for Foreign Asset. The State Department participated in the discussions.
On Tuesday, the adviser to the White House on National Security Jake Sullivan asked the question of which levers of influence on the “Taliban” will have, reports Washington POST. He stated that “there are questions related to sanctions”, but refused to disclose the details. Also, according to him, first the US administration will contact directly with the Taliban.