Exclusive-Audit fails to win U.S. backing for release of Afghan central bank funds - U.S. officials

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-funded audit of Afghanistan's Taliban-run central bank has failed to win Washington's backing for a return of bank assets from a $3.5 billion Swiss-based trust fund, said two U.S. officials and a former U.S. official, a move that would help ease the country's financial crisis.

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