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Sanctions and frozen assets are the two mechanisms standing between Afghanistan's Islamist government and any formal economic arrangement with Washington.
Five years after returning to power, the Taliban has made overtures to the Trump administration over mineral deals, naming sanctions relief and the release of those frozen assets as its conditions.
The sanctions designation is the first lock. It bars the designated party from the dollar-denominated clearing system, exposes any counterparty to legal liability under U.S.
law, and makes standard commercial instruments hazardous for any firm with American exposure.
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