A U.S. judge rejected a request by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not to enforce his decision against letting them seize $3.5 billion of frozen assets.

A New York court has denied the request to compensate 9/11 victim families from Afghanistan’s frozen foreign reserves.

Victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of Afghan assets a US judge said on Friday.