The US and Taliban are negotiating the release of part of the $9.5 billion in frozen Afghan government assets, report says

$3.5 billion in Afghanistan's reserves were frozen when the Taliban took control of the country, and the US and the Taliban are trying to get them back.

Three unnamed sources told the news agency that officials have been talking about how to release the film.

The Taliban want to keep top officials in the Afghan central bank even though one of them is under US sanctions, according to two sources.

After the Taliban took over Afghanistan's reserves were frozen by the US. The Taliban said the country's economic crisis made them want it back.

The amount could be sent to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid according to an executive order signed by the president.

Aid groups want Afghanistan's reserves to be returned so that ordinary Afghans can buy food and fuel in times of need.

The US proposed a system in which an international board decides what money is given. The US spoke to other countries.

The Taliban are against the idea of a third party controlling the money, according to a source.