According to the government’s Watchdog report, the State Department’s office gave the Taliban $1.8 million through the foreign aid program and defended the payment when asked to pay.
Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General Report Released on Tuesday Tell the story of bureaucratic procedures and excuses that allow taxpayer dollars to enrich Afghanistan’s Islamic terrorist regime. The $1.8 million is part of foreign aid directed towards terrorism under former President Joe Biden, an issue the Trump administration is trying to deal with.
“The provincial implementation partners have paid the Taliban,” he said the report is about humanitarian organisations funded by the State Department. “A state office reported that its implementation partner paid between September 2021 and December 2024.
$1.8 million to the Taliban on a variety of costs, including local staff salaries and taxes on vehicle registration fees. ”
Biden retracted US troops from Afghanistan in 2021, killing 13 service members, leaving military supplies behind, and retreating in a chaotic operation in which the Taliban seizes the country within days. His officials continued to send taxes to us for humanitarian programs during the government. Report Millions have repeatedly shown that they are benefiting terrorist groups. This has been a fight for more than 20 years since the US protected 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.
According to a report Tuesday, the State Department told the DOD Inspector’s Office that the $1.8 million payment was “authorized” through a “general license” from the Treasury Department, claiming it was consistent with other regulations. Biden’s Treasury Department issued the license under the pretense that it would not allow financial transfers to the Taliban. Website say.
The Treasury Ministry said “doesn’t see financial transfers from Afghanistan’s governing bodies or state-owned or controlled businesses or businesses or corporations as financial transfers to the Taliban.” However, a report on Tuesday said the US had chosen to “not recognize Afghanistan’s government” since its acquisition of the Taliban.
The Treasury and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Trump’s State Department previously told the DCNF that “national security remains a top priority and a top priority” as it reviews foreign aid programs for potential waste and abuse. The Trump administration plans to cut more than 90% of foreign aid contracts with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), plus 45% of the State Department’s grants. The Associated Press reported Wednesday. (Related: Foreign Aid Agency awarded $27 million to a group that helps left-wing protesters avoid prisons)
Elon Musk’s new government efficiency (DOGE) is similarly assessing the spending of several federal agencies that are consistent with Trump’s agenda. February 1st xPostMusk said his team discovered that “Treasury payment authorization officers were always instructed to approve payments, even known fraudulent or terrorist groups.” Mainstream media Outlet He dismissed his “claims” as lacking “evidence.”
@doge The team found, among other things, that Treasury payment authorization officers are always instructed to approve payments, even known fraudulent or terrorist groups.
They literally didn’t deny paying for the entire career.
Once. https://t.co/kinogwdw4c
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 1st, 2025
Republicans such as Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett have repeatedly introduced laws intended to protect US funds from the Taliban. Current Congress.
A day after Tuesday’s revelation surfaced, the federal government charging In particular, Tajiks send money to foreign terrorists. If convicted, he will face 20 years in prison Just for that price.
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