Posted on 10/07/2021 2:56:46 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
The US government’s inspector general in charge of investigating misuse of aid money in Afghanistan says he’s “looking into” claims that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his subordinates stole millions of dollars before fleeing.
Ghani is accused of stealing $169 million when he left Afghanistan as the Taliban neared Kabul. His abrupt departure allowed the radical group to take the Afghan capital two weeks before the chaotic final US troop pullout.
“We haven’t proven that yet. We’re looking into that, actually,” the longtime inspector general, John Sopko, said during a House hearing in response to a question from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY).
“There are allegations, but not only with President Ghani. There are allegations with senior officials in their finance ministry, their central bank and a number of other ministries walking off with millions of dollars,” he said.
“But again, those are just allegations. We have not confirmed any of those yet.”
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The smart ones took the money and ran.
Will the US government have time to look into the former Afghan President’s $169 million if they are looking into multiple transactions of over $600 in my account?
Bugout Biden is wanting to know what happened to his cut.
They left billions in weapons for the taliban and this is what they go after. This (fake) administration is the most criminal in history of our land.
10% for the big guy.
10% for the Big Guy, and we’ll say it never happened.
Maybe they should look in to the 84 BILLION given to the Taliban? Oh hell, that would be a miracle
There's no honor among thieves. The government stole the money from the taxpayers and these Afghanis took the money and ran.
It's like calling the police on a drug dealer who took the money but didn't deliver the drugs.
Biden received $1.5 billion from the communist chinese.
Arrest him : )
There's a reason why Trump negotiated with them and criticized the Afghan President.
The Afghan President and the Northern Alliance fleeced the crap out of us.
Better him than the biden/obummer taliban!
Not that I want to help him but Ghani can credibly claim that he just picked up what the U.S. left lying around.
Considering how much was left behind Ghani is kind of a loser for only taking $169 mil.
They left billions in weapons for the taliban...
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$89.5 billion to be exact.
What’s he guilty of? Not kicking up 10% to the big guy?
They’re jealous.
They want it instead and can’t stand the thought that someone besides them got away with it.
Stinking hypocrites do this all the time and then take the moral high ground about anyone whose life they want to destroy.
Better him to have it than the Taliban.
How many millions have other politicians pocketed with the pallet of cash...
Is Durham going to investigate this also, so maybe in 2030 we will have answers. “Investigate” has become the new term for “Bury.”
I can’t really think of any good reason for us to ship planes full of cash anywhere. We did it to Iran, and to Afghanistan and who knows where else? If they needed dollars we could simply credit their bank accounts, or, co-sign or backstop their purchases. Why do they need planes full of US dollars, other than for illicit activities?
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