The U.S. government remains the biggest donor to Afghanistan even in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover, according to an inspector general’s report released late Tuesday.
Some $2.1 billion has flowed to Afghanistan since August of 2021, when the U.S. withdrew the last of its troops and the Taliban toppled the American-backed government and took control.
“Since the Taliban takeover, the U.S. government has sought to continue supporting the Afghan people without providing benefits for the Taliban regime. However, it is clear from our work that the Taliban is using various methods to divert U.S. aid dollars,” said Inspector General John F. Sopko. The new report said the State Department doesn’t know how much assistance has been siphoned off in that manner.
After a 20-year war effort, President Biden oversaw the withdrawal of U.S. troops in August 2021. Without U.S. support, the government collapsed and the Taliban, which the U.S. had ousted decades before, retook control.Indeed, the administration still hasn’t decided whether to recognize the Taliban as the rightful government of Afghanistan.
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