{"id":1994866,"date":"2023-08-08T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-sent-2-35-billion-to-taliban-since-disastrous-afghanistan-withdraw\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T01:54:36","slug":"biden-admin-has-sent-2-35-billion-to-taliban-since-disastrous-afghanistan-withdraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-sent-2-35-billion-to-taliban-since-disastrous-afghanistan-withdraw\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Sent $2.35B to Taliban Post-Afghanistan Withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-has-sent-2-35-billion-to-taliban-since-disastrous-afghanistan-withdraw%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Controversial Financial Support for Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking revelation, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-cant-get-enough-of-china-tesla-plans-to-double-production-in-communist-country\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Can't Get Enough of China: Tesla Plans to *Double* Production in Communist Country\">recent report claims<\/a> that the Biden administration has provided over $2.3\u200c billion to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan since its chaotic exit from the country two years\u2064 ago.<\/p>\n<p>The report, released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), highlights the alarming flow of funds to \u2062Afghanistan even after \u2064the American military \u2062left Kabul with 13 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-10-us-service-members-now-reported-killed-in-kabul-bombings-death-toll-likely-to-rise\/\" title=\"At Least 10 US Service Members Now Reported Killed In Kabul Bombings, \u2018Death Toll Likely To Rise\u2019\">service members killed<\/a> and billions of dollars in equipment \u2062abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>SIGAR&#8217;s findings, outlined in a report dated July 30, reveal that a significant amount of \u200ctaxpayers&#8217; \u2063funds \u2063has been allocated \u200cand disbursed to various aid organizations for\u2064 the reconstruction of the country since late 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200dU.S. government has appropriated more than $2.35 billion in [fiscal year] 2022 and [fiscal year] 2023 \u200bfunding for \u2063Afghanistan reconstruction programming since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan \u200din\u2062 August 2021,&#8221; the report \u2064states.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s even more concerning \u200bis that there are additional\u2064 funds ready to be disbursed for future projects. According to SIGAR&#8217;s report, approximately $1.70 billion remains available for possible disbursement.<\/p>\n<p>This amount includes \u200d$580 million\u200b that is obligated but \u200cunspent\u2062 on 86 active projects, $557 million in funds available for future projects, and $545 million obligated but unspent on inactive, suspended, or terminated contracts.<\/p>\n<p>While the money is intended for non-governmental organizations,\u200d there are widespread concerns that\u2062 a significant portion of\u200d these funds has been diverted by the\u200d Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>John Sopko, the head of SIGAR, has previously \u200craised concerns about the Taliban using American taxpayer dollars for their own\u200b purposes.\u200c In the\u2062 recent\u200d report, Sopko\u2063 warns\u200d about the &#8220;diversion&#8221; of funds by the Taliban, specifically\u2064 for projects that\u2064 were \u2064meant to help Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the report highlights the dire situation in Afghanistan, \u200dwith the Taliban engaging in a &#8220;gender \u200dapartheid&#8221; and\u200d committing crimes against humanity, including corporal punishments and extrajudicial\u2063 killings.<\/p>\n<p>It is important \u200dto\u2063 note that\u200c these revelations come just weeks before the two-year anniversary of the Pentagon&#8217;s withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan,\u2062 which ultimately\u200c led to the collapse of the \u2064Afghan government\u2062 as the Taliban \u2062swiftly took control.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the hasty withdrawal result in the loss of 13 U.S.\u200c service members&#8217;\u200c lives, \u200bbut it also\u2062 left behind $7 billion \u200bworth of abandoned U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">military equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2002, \u200da staggering $147.06 billion of U.S. taxpayer dollars have been spent in Afghanistan, according\u200c to SIGAR&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-has-sent-2-35-billion-to-taliban-since-disastrous-afghanistan-withdraw\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Sent .35B to Taliban Post-Afghanistan Withdrawal\">controversial financial support<\/a> to the Taliban \u200craises serious questions about the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of \u2063the \u2063Afghanistan situation and\u2064 the potential misuse \u200cof American taxpayer\u2064 funds.<\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-report-kabul-bomber-killed-13-service-members-just-released-prison-biden-ceded-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sigar.mil\/pdf\/quarterlyreports\/2023-07-30qr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIGAR Report<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/want-marine-injured-kabul-bombing-recounts-weird-hospital-visit-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-snaps-reporter-afghan-withdrawal-tantrum-plays-right-talibans-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western \u200bJournal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-bidens-disastrous-withdrawal-turned-afghanistan-worlds-repressive-country-women-un-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Journal<\/a>,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zacharysmith\/2022\/04\/27\/us-left-7-billion-in-military-hardware-in-afghanistan-as-taliban-took-over-dod-reportedly-finds\/?sh=69bd4d48621e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration reportedly provided over $2.3 billion to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan following its tumultuous departure from the country two years ago. A recent report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction revealed this information, highlighting the loss of 13 U.S. service members during the American military&#8217;s exit from Kabul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1994867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}