Friday, December 06, 2024

Will Trump stop America's funding of the Taliban? - The Spectator World

People in Afghanistan and many in exile are clutching at a limpid hope that the president will come to the rescue
  • Since withdrawing, the United States has pumped in more than $20 billion in aid. 
  • Separately, tens of millions of dollars are delivered monthly in cash, ostensibly for humanitarian organizations, though much is pilfered by the Taliban.
The vacuum left by the United States and NATO has been filled by China, Iran and Russia. 
They have inked billions in mining and other contracts...
  • Credible reports of torture, rape and forced abortions of women prisoners, and the murder of former soldiers are denied by the Taliban and ignored by everyone else...

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