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US judge says 9/11 families not entitled to Afghan bank funds

People in Afghanistan have struggled with issues such as poverty and food shortages following the Taliban's ascension to power in August 2021 [File: Omer Abrar/AFP]

A United States judge has ruled that family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are not entitled to funds from Afghanistan’s central bank.

In the ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge George Daniels said that awarding the families money seized from the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) would require an assessment that the Taliban is the legitimate government of Afghanistan, a decision he was “constitutionally restrained” from making.

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