Four sisters make a charcoal imprint of the name of their cousin Richard Avery Aronow at a ceremony at Ground Zero held in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA, held in lower Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA on Sept. 11, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
NY: 20th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks at Ground Zero
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to use executive authority to move some $7 billion of the Afghan central bank’s assets frozen in the American funding system to fund humanitarian relief in Afghanistan and compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. That’s according to a U..S. official familiar with the decision.
The order will require U.S. financial institutions to facilitate access to $3.5 billion for Afghan relief and basic needs. The other $3.5 billion would remain in the United States and be used to fund ongoing litigation by U.S. victims of terrorism.
The official spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity because the decision hasn’t been formally announced.
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