Biden has asked court to take Afghanistan's 7 billion dollars in assets deposited in the US, give half to humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and half to relatives of victims of the September 2001 attacks.

This plan to provide aid to Afghans might be a good idea, if it avoids frittering away a substantial fraction on middlemen and if it gets into operation fast enough to save people from starvation. But I see no justification for giving half to the American victims of an attack carried out by a group of foreigners just because a few of its leaders were hiding in Afghanistan. It should all go to Afghans who need it.