Pakistani experts decry U.S. splitting of Afghan assets

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Pakistani experts decry U.S. splitting of Afghan assets

STORY: Pakistani experts decry U.S. splitting of Afghan assets DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AHMER BILAL SOOFI, Pakistan's former Law Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAVED HASSAN, Pakistani economist STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua correspondent "After two decades of U.S. so-called 'war on terror' and nation-building process, the situation in Afghanistan is that right after the United States hasty and irresponsible withdrawal, the country moved to a verge of a severe humanitarian catastrophe mainly because the U.S. froze their assets. Now, at this point of time, Washington decided to unfreeze 7 billion U.S. dollars, from over 9 billion frozen Afghan assets, and splitting it between humanitarian aid for cash-strapped Afghanistan and a fund for 9/11 victims. The legal and economic experts in Pakistan are of the view that this decision is a blatant v

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