Posted on 06/06/2024 8:25:43 AM PDT by Freeport
The Center Square) – After two decades at war with the Taliban, the U.S. government is now sending millions of taxpayer dollars to the terrorist group.
The Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan immediately after the chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops earlier in the Biden administration.
A recently released federal watchdog report shows that the U.S. government has sent at least $11 million to the Taliban since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops. But experts and even the federal watchdog estimate the number is much higher.
"The U.S. government has continued to be the largest international donor supporting the Afghan people since the former Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban returned to power in August 2021," the federal watchdog, SIGAR, wrote in its report. "Since then, the U.S. government has provided more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian and development assistance to help the people of Afghanistan."
SIGAR said that the $11 million figure is likely only "a fraction" of taxpayer dollars actually going to the Taliban.
"SIGAR also found that the $10.9 million paid by 38 U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S. Agency for Global Media implementing partners is likely only a fraction of the total amount of U.S. assistance funds provided to the Taliban in taxes, fees, duties, and utilities because UN agencies receiving U.S. funds did not collect data or provide relevant information about their subawardees' payments," the report said.
Much of that taxpayer funding is transferred to the Taliban goes through nongovernmental organizations receiving foreign aid.
"To carry out their programs, U.S. agencies rely heavily on nongovernmental organizations and public international organizations, such as the UN, to implement humanitarian and development assistance," the report said. "Both the former Ghani administration and the current Taliban-controlled government benefited from U.S. aid by imposing taxes, fees, duties and utilities on implementing partners as a condition of operating in Afghanistan."
In fact, the right-leaning legal group Judicial Watch released an investigation recently showing that the Taliban has created fake NGO's to siphon away tax dollars. Judicial Watch estimates the actual taxpayer dollars received by the Taliban is much higher than $11 million.
Although the Taliban has banned education for girls, the U.S. continues to send hundreds of millions of dollars to Afghanistan for education.
From Judicial Watch:
Since the terrorist group returned to power in August 2021, Uncle Sam has continued to fund Afghanistan's education sector through six programs that cost $185.2 million even though the Taliban has issued decrees drastically limiting access to education for girls and women as well as restricting women's ability to work and other basic freedoms.
Nevertheless, the American taxpayer dollars keep flowing. In fiscal year 2023, which ended in September, the U.S. sent Taliban-ruled Afghanistan over $566 million in humanitarian assistance. Most of it was for emergency food but a chunk was classified as going to general humanitarian and health. More than $15 million went to a cause that is labeled "redacted" in the government records.
Besides its terrorist past, the Taliban also severely oppresses women and girls and denies an array of human rights.
"SIGAR has reported on the importance of U.S. funds being spent on U.S. priorities and not in ways that benefit the Taliban, which represses women and girls, denies the human rights of the Afghan people and remains unrecognized as a legitimate government by the U.S. government and the international community," the report said.
Sadly all too believable given who is in power in DC.
“When a delegation of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government first visited the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2022, it was the topic of much talk — not just in Russia, but around the world.
Now, two years later, another visit by Afghanistan’s delegation would have barely made the news if it hadn’t been for the proposal by Russia’s foreign and justice ministries to remove the Taliban from the list of banned terrorist organizations.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin has not spoken on the matter directly, he has said the move was necessary to build ties with the Taliban and with the current leadership in Afghanistan.”
DW
Rumor has it that the Russians are looking to hire Taliban fighters for possible use in Ukraine.
Who’s in charge?
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What???? I will read.
Soros is the funding for the Jihad Junta: Barry Sotero, Valerie Jarrett, John “Ahmed” Brennan, Eric Holder, Susan Rice, and their Useful Idiot, “Joe.”
Slightly off topic but I’m certain NGOs managing the southern border invasion, salting the illegals throughout the US are taking in billions from the gubmint via the Biden Cabal’s limitless checkbook.
Insanity.
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Well you should be certain since it is and has been all over posted FR articles
Much of that taxpayer funding is transferred to the Taliban goes through nongovernmental organizations receiving foreign aid. ****************************
Laundering complete it’s good to work for the government.
Re NGO payments from Feds, for hotels, food & beverages, buses, trains, planes and automobiles, medical needs, etc ...
So how much this year? last 3 1/2 years? Source of funds? Covid relief? VA Budget? Proceeds from sale of the US Petroleum Reserve?
Please enlighten me. Links?
Surprise me. Good luck. ;-)
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