The president is expected to sign an executive order Friday.
President Biden plans to sign an executive order Friday that would split the $7 billion in Afghan government funds held in the United States, dividing the funds into money that some families of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks can access through legal means and the other half for programs providing humanitarian relief and help with other basic needs for Afghanistan.
The Biden administration announced the move Friday after spending months trying to sort out how to free up some of the assets to support the needs of the Afghan people without allowing the Taliban to access the funds, while also considering ongoing litigation by U.S. terrorism victims. Many U.S. victims of terrorism, including relatives of victims who died in the 9/11 attacks, have been suing the Taliban and trying to access the assets in federal court. The administration plans to allow $3.5 billion to be accessed by the families, who will be able to have the courts settle their claims.
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