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

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. The audit has not changed the U.S....