Apparently the banking system run by the Afgans had been removing US dollars from the banks in advance of the Talban taking over areas and even more interesting is that they had enough forethought to take corrective action and cut all monies off form the Taliban. There are $9 Billion in government assets that the Taliban cant get to.
How is possible the banks new to get the money out but President Biden and all his advisors didn't see this coming?
Mr. Ahmady (Ajmal Ahmady, Afghanistan’s central bank chief) said that bank officials began to reduce the amount of cash, including U.S. dollars, held at bank branches in provincial centers earlier this month amid concerns over the Taliban’s advance. By the time the first major provincial capital fell to the Taliban nearly two weeks ago, nearly all U.S. dollars had been repatriated, he said.
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How is possible the banks new to get the money out but President Biden and all his advisors didn't see this coming?
Mr. Ahmady (Ajmal Ahmady, Afghanistan’s central bank chief) said that bank officials began to reduce the amount of cash, including U.S. dollars, held at bank branches in provincial centers earlier this month amid concerns over the Taliban’s advance. By the time the first major provincial capital fell to the Taliban nearly two weeks ago, nearly all U.S. dollars had been repatriated, he said.
US halted dollar shipments to Afghanistan to keep cash out of Taliban’s hands
The Biden administration last week canceled bulk shipments of dollars headed for Afghanistan as Taliban fighters were poised to take control of the capital city of Kabul, part of a continuing scramble to keep hundreds of millions of dollars out of the hands of the terrorist group, according to...
