Posted on 08/08/2023 12:14:37 PM PDT by algore
Since the fall of Afghanistan, the U.S. has forked over funds to groups under the brutal Taliban regime to the tune of $2.35 billion.
That's according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), released to the public on Tuesday.
Another $1.7 billion 'remained available for possible disbursement' at the time of the report, dated July 30.
The report was made public as the U.S. approaches the two-year anniversary of the frenzied withdrawal.
The total amount of money appropriated for 'reconstruction and related activities' since 2002 dwarfs the figure from fiscal year 2022 and 2023. Over the past two decades, $147.06 billion in US funding has been appropriated to the war-torn Middle Eastern nation.
The funds that have been appropriated since the Taliban takeover in 2021 flow through non-governmental organizations and other groups working on reconstruction projects. But with the Taliban wielding control over nearly every sector of the economy, it's more than likely a portion of those coffers have ended up in their hands.
In April SIGAR head John Sopko told the House Foreign Affairs Committee he 'cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban.'
Sopko also said the Biden administration had stonewalled his probe and refused to hand over documents to track the flow of cash under the Taliban.
The report cited another analysis from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) that found the Taliban views aid, particularly that from the United Nations (UN), as a 'revenue stream.'
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I’m just glad that no American taxpayer dollars went to help American taxpayers.
Awesome job, Joe Biden!!
Thank a Democrat!!
News Media: “Nothing to see here. Move along. Oh, by the way, have you seen the latest Trump news?”
Come on Man, they had to have the capability to maintain and service all the aircraft,tanks and weapons we gave them when we left
Biden regime left people behind so he could ignite the war in Ukraine.
He left the Taliban with all that weaponry and he is continually paying them to not kill all the people he left behind.
In latest news...Trump indicted for 2.35 billionth time.
Make no mistake, this is happening with the full knowledge and blessings of Republican leadership.
Mitch McConnell had no comment.
This was a payment to not be terrorist................................for a while.
Spit
Does it really matter? To freepers perhaps. If the MSM doesn’t report it you can consider it a tree falling in a forest. Start the beast. That’s the only way. Just find someone who has the balls.
Likely giving them money so they don’t attack us while he is president. Like all the tanks and planes he left when he left in a hurry. So they wouldn’t attack on 9/11..
How can the Afghan government been so weak for so many years, but the Taliban government in Afghanistan exert so much control?
Is it because we were trying to install a western style democracy in an area that resisted it?
Thank a Democrat. Thank a RINO. Thank another Democrat. Thank another RINO. FJB
If only the Republicans controlled just one house of congress.
Awesome job, Joe Biden!!
Bidenomics...Reg Gas now only $3.60 a gallon.
I loved seeing Mitch get boo’d the other day. I would have paid to have been there😂
Left people behind to import the weapons to the US
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