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Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan has undergone a dramatic transformation in half a year of Taliban rule.The country feels safer, less violent than it has in decades, but the once aid-fueled economy is barreling toward collapse. Tens of thousands of Afghans have fled or have been evacuated, including large numbers of the educated elites.

Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans. Protesters who gathered outside Kabul’s grand Eid Gah mosque asked America for financial compensation for the tens of thousands of…

KABUL－A move by US President Joe Biden to divert $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims has sparked outrage in Afghanistan, with protesters in the capital Kabul on Saturday accusing a "cruel" Washington of stealing the money from Afghans.

KABUL－A move by US President Joe Biden to divert $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims has sparked outrage in Afghanistan, with protesters in the capital Kabul on Saturday accusing a "cruel" Washington of stealing the money from Afghans.

KABUL－A move by US President Joe Biden to divert $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan assets to the families of 9/11 victims has sparked outrage in Afghanistan, with protesters in the capital Kabul on Saturday accusing a "cruel" Washington of stealing the money from Afghans.

Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims – saying the money belongs to Afghans.

Demonstrators in Kabul condemned Biden’s order freeing up $3.5B in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.

Biden designated half of it for the families of 9/11 victims

KABUL, Afghanistan — Demonstrators in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday condemned President Joe Biden’s order freeing up $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of America’s 9/11 victims — saying the money belongs to Afghans.