How did 22 tons of Afghanistan's gold reach New York ?

[pakdefender]

The United States secretary of the treasury , the Israeli-American Janet Yellen , has frozen the overseas assets of Afghanistan that include 22 tons of Gold:

Afghanistan has 22 tons of gold in a New York vault. The Taliban can’t touch it.

The Biden administration has frozen the Afghanistan government's holdings in US banks, preventing the Taliban from accessing billions of dollars—including $1.25 in gold bullion in a New York bank vault.

qz.com

The question that comes to mind is who transferred 22 tons of Afghanistan's gold to New York in the first place ?

Karzai and Ashraf Ghani would most likely know

 

[Solidify]

This is where average Afghan becomes virus infested by poverty of state-less assets stolen by whomever, just like Britshits stole all India jewels.

 

[TacOps]

The United States secretary of the treasury , the Israeli-American Janet Yellen , has frozen the overseas assets of Afghanistan that include 22 tons of Gold:

Afghanistan has 22 tons of gold in a New York vault. The Taliban can’t touch it.

The Biden administration has frozen the Afghanistan government's holdings in US banks, preventing the Taliban from accessing billions of dollars—including $1.25 in gold bullion in a New York bank vault.

qz.com

The question that comes to mind is who transferred 22 tons of Afghanistan's gold to New York in the first place ?

Karzai and Ashraf Ghani would most likely know

That gold was probably never physically in Afghanistan in the first place. This was probably reflected in XAU contracts held by the Central Bank where physical gold is held is storage elsewhere.

 

[Mugwop]

Not just gold but lithium and opium.

 

[cloud4000]

Given what happened, the gold being anywhere but Afghanistan seems like the right move.

 

[Dalit]

Given what happened, the gold being anywhere but Afghanistan seems like the right move.

Small sacrifice. Power matters.