Biden to Use $3.5Bln in Afghan Funds Held in US for 9/11 Victims' Families, Report Says

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Joe Biden is planning to ignore requests from the Taliban (under UN sanctions for terrorism) to return $7 billion in Afghan assets deposited at the Federal Reserve in New York and instead use half of the funds to compensate the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, The New York Times reported, citing sources.