The Biden administration is releasing $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds, clearing a path for the families of the Sept. 11 terror attacks to pursue half, with the second tranche distributed for humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan.

The Afghan central bank has about $7 billion in assets held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which were deposited before the Taliban took over the country last year.

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