US keeping Afghan funds frozen would cause refugee influx globally

Kabul – Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi warned that if the situation continues to remain the same, the problems for the Afghan population will increase. Moreover, there will be a massive influx of Afghan refugees in the region and around the world. If this is to be avoided, the United States should release the funds for Afghanistan that it is holding back. The United States froze Afghan funds to the tune of $9 billion after the Taliban took over the control of Kabul. The meeting of the UN Security Forces to discuss the Afghanistan issue will be held soon. The Muttaqi warning comes just before this meeting.

As per the information given by a leading news agency, the interim Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Muttaqi, has written a letter to the US Congress. The letter reminds the United States of the Doha agreement. Muttaqi accused that the United States froze all the Afghan funds when the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan. This is very surprising. This US action is against the Taliban’s expectations and the Doha agreement.

Muttaqi has criticised in the letter ‘The economic security of the Afghan people is the fundamental challenge faced by the funds blocked by the United States and us is the main reason for this. The problems of the Afghan people will not be resolved with the United States and the international community freezing Afghan funds, nor will the US demands be fulfilled. Therefore, the United States should release the Afghan funds.

Taliban Foreign Minister threatened that if the United States refuses to release the Afghan funds, there will be an influx of Afghan refugees across the world. Earlier too, the Taliban had threatened the international community. The United States and the European Union have adopted an uncompromising stand to not start financial assistance to Afghanistan unless the Taliban accepts all their conditions.

Meanwhile, Afghan citizens have already started seeking refuge in other countries ever since the Taliban took over the control of Afghanistan. Since August, a minimum of 300,000 Afghan people has entered Iran. Three million Afghanis are already living in Iran.

A huge number of Afghan refugees have entered Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is claimed that the number of Afghan refugees landing in the central Asian countries and the United States and Europe via the Gulf countries is on the rise.