Russia criticizes the West for freezing Afghanistan’s assets

Russia’s foreign minister lamented that the Afghans had suffered the consequences of a 20-year NATO presence.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West and the United States had frozen Afghan currency and did not allow the assets to be released to the Afghan people.

He lamented that Afghans had suffered the consequences of a 20-year NATO presence in the country.

Lavrov accused the United States of wasting the money for purposes unrelated to Afghanistan’s economic recovery.

After the fall of the former Afghan government and the return of the Taliban to power, the United States and the West blocked Afghanistan’s assets.