Afghan diplomats yearning for pie in America

 

Diplomats working at the Afghan embassy in Washington as well as the Afghan consulate in New York and Los Angeles have not received their salaries for several months. They are making their living using their savings and taking loans. According to a report published in The New York Times, Washington pays about $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 every month to the Afghan embassy, ​​so that the essential work of the embassy can be done but the employees are not paid.

According to the information, since October 2021, US banks froze accounts to prevent Taliban access to embassy funds and since then Afghan diplomats have not been paid. Afghan diplomats have not been paid since October last year, when US banks froze accounts to prevent the Taliban from accessing embassy funds. According to the newspaper, if the embassy is closed, they will be able to stay here only for 30 days. If they do not get help at the right time, it will be very difficult to stay here.

 

US Citizenship and Immigration Services spokesman Matthew Bourke told The New York Times that 31 Afghans, including diplomats and their family members, have so far applied for permanent residency. Abdul Hadi Njerbi, deputy chief of mission of the Afghan embassy, ​​told the newspaper that about 55 Afghan diplomats and their family members are seeking asylum in the US.

US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order allowing US$7 billion from the Afghan Central Bank deposited into a humanitarian trust and compensation to terrorist victims. Dev, Sonia talks