“In the context of an extremely difficult humanitarian situation, which has developed, among other things, as a result of the failed military campaign of the United States and its NATO allies, Washington is actually exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and obstructing the new authorities in Kabul trying to establish a normal life,” the statement reads. Zakharova's statement on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
She called absurd Washington's decision to reserve part of the frozen assets of the Afghan Central Bank for the payment of compensation for the claims of relatives of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
“Why should the Afghan people, who in no way participated in organizing these terrorist attacks, now pay for them?” Zakharova asked.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden signed a decree blocking $ 7 billion of assets of the Central Bank of Afghanistan stored in US banks.