U.S. Sanctions Could Starve Millions of Afghans. Will Congress Act?

Designed to punish the Taliban, a U.S. freeze on Afghan assets and aid has inflicted food shortages on the country’s people instead.

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The Intercept’s Lee Fang asked U.S. senators if they’ll intervene to pressure the Biden administration to free up $9 billion in Afghan government funds and another $1 billion in humanitarian aid from the World Bank in order to prevent a starvation crisis that could ravage Afghanistan’s people this winter.

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