AFGHAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSE EFFORTS TO SEIZE AFGHANISTAN’S CENTRAL BANK RESERVES IN FEDERAL COURT

On April 20, 2022, several Afghan-American community organizations proudly joined to collectively file a legal statement in the Southern District of New York opposing the effort to seize Afghanistan’s Central Bank reserves by the Biden Administration. The amicus curiae brief was submitted by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of Afghans For a Better Tomorrow (AFBT), Project ANAR, Afghan-American Community Organization (AACO), and Global Advocates for Afghanistan (GAA). This amicus brief fulfills part of our obligation to use any and all legal resources at our disposal to ensure that the Afghan community’s voices are heard loud and clear and to ensure that the U.S.-held Afghanistan Central Bank reserves are used for stabilizing the country’s economy and alleviating the humanitarian catastrophe that is currently rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan. We will continue our efforts and advocacy to overturn President Biden’s disastrous February 11, 2022 Executive Order blocking $3.5 billion U.S.-held Afghanistan Central Bank reserves until legal challenges brought by some victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks are resolved.

Read the full amicus brief here.

To learn more about the case, visit the case page on the CCR website.

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