Taliban slams upcoming Geneva-based Afghan Fund as "illegal venture", saying external trust set up by Washington to manage $3.5 billion of its seized reserves amounts to usurpation.
US confirms plan days after TRT World's exclusive report revealed an international board has been set up by Washington to disburse a portion of frozen funds through a Swiss bank.
The IMF's aid would include an existing $370 million loan program, as well as access to reserves in the form of Special Drawing Rights.
Afghanistan has some $9 billion in reserves abroad - most of it held with the US Fed, says the central bank governor.
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