Before the seizure of the capital of Afghanistan by the forces of the Taliban terrorist group, the US administration stopped the supply of dollars to the country last week. Therefore, Washington is trying to prevent money from falling into the hands of the Taliban.

In addition to the deprivation of supplies, the US also decided to freeze the Afghan government’s reserves in US accounts. “Any central bank assets that the Afghan government has in the United States will not be available to the Taliban,” the US administration official said. We are talking about the funds of the local central bank, denominated in dollars and stored in correspondent accounts with US banks. At the moment, Afghanistan’s gold and foreign exchange reserves amount to $9.4 billion.