"Without access to these funds—alongside a lattice of sanctions, a decline in humanitarian aid and harsh political turmoil under Taliban rule—Afghanistan has been led into an economic collapse with a dramatic uptick in poverty; 6 million Afghans are facing the immediate risk of starvation."
What are the chances those funds cannot be returned as they’ve been rerouted/spent already?
Don’t worry, it’s with the Pentagon’s Trillions in a couch cushion!
Officially zero unless it will be legally confiscated. Money in banks are not kept as cash in vault, they are but the number in a system. The second they are deposited they already start to circulate.
To demonstrate, Iran had several billion dollars returned to it as part of the JCPOA. There were howls from Republicans, but the Obama administration held to its promises.
I guess he was not ready for his sixth war yet (or ninth?)
Nah, he made a diplomatic resolution to the situation with Iran a central goal in his foreign policy. It took a lot of work to get together the sanctions regime that forced Iran to the table to achieve the JCPOA. Scuttling it will forever be one of the worst self-inflicted wounds by the US, all because Republicans insisted on a fantasy all or nothing deal. Obama’s approach to first establishing trust with a realistic deal on nuclear weapons alone was far superior.
Also, how are you getting nine?
Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Uganda. Iran would be ninth